CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. — DEC Forest Rangers are investigating an ongoing situation involving marijuana plants that were discovered to be planted in a state-owned forest.
The plants had been discovered on June 28 at Hill Higher State Forest in Chautauqua County, but Rangers could not identify the responsible party after numerous visits to the site over the next couple of months.
The 10 plants were recently destroyed on September 7 by Rangers Sprague and Streczywilk in an effort to halt whoever planned on harvesting the plants.
Despite laws changed in New York, it is still illegal to grow cannabis on State land and the investigation remains open to locate responsible parties for this incident.
