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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
Rangers raid and remove illegal marijuana grow operation in Sequoia
On April 22, Earth Day, National Park Rangers, with the aid of NPS Special Investigators, agents with the Office of Homeland Security, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, and California Highway Patrol, located and removed a new marijuana grow site in Sequoia National Park. Rangers removed 7,922 plants, many not yet in the ground, and destroyed the infrastructure and camping area to keep the growers from coming back to the area.
As part of the NPS commitment to ridding Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks of illegal drug operations, NPS law enforcement rangers raided this illegal farm in an attempt to capture any suspects. During the raid, two suspects fled and eluded capture by running down a steep embankment. Rangers tracked and pursued the suspects while the Tulare Sheriff's Deputies conducted road surveillance and officers from the California Highway Patrol searched using a fixed-wing plane, but were unable to apprehend the suspects.
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Should I stay or should I go? |
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
By Kent Rianda
 Guide Dave Neal holds a heck of a Hot Creek rainbow for client Jeff Henderson.PHOTOS COURTESY TROUT FLY/TROUTFITTER
The wind in town is primarily caused by the overall flow of weather typically coming to us from the northwest. Just a little flow over the ridge tops can cause fairly substantial winds in town. The lake is much less affected by the overall flow, being down in the valley, but is greatly controlled by a local condition similar to the wind blowing off the ocean every day.
Sometime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on an “average” summer day the wind comes barreling up from the hot Owens Valley and straight across Crowley. You can even see it coming. The next time you're out on the lake and feel that first small zephyr around midday, look down at the south end of the lake. You may already see white caps and can watch them move right across the lake in about 10 minutes, time that will be well spent pulling up your anchors, starting your engine and getting ready to rock and roll!
For those of you who could care less about the how and why of the wind on Crowley Lake and just want to know whether it is blowing down there, here are a couple of ways without making the drive. If you have Internet access, just go to thetroutfly.com/crowleycam.html and you can see a live picture of the lake looking out on McGee Bay.
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