I was browsing the news recently and came upon the article, \u201cThe Landscape-Scarring, Energy-Sucking, Wildlife-Killing Reality of Pot Farming,\u201d by Josh Harkinson<\/a>. This article is about \u201cyour wilderness on drugs,\u201d and describes how illegal ganja farmers in California nature preserves do great harm to the environment by damming streams, using rodenticides, and intimidating forest service officers. Because pot cultivation is still illegal in California, the government is unable to establish regulations or agricultural infrastructure tailored to the industry\u2019s specific needs. I was drawn to this article because it touches on a lot of the themes we discussed in class this semester. The mostly illegal flow of capital resulting from the expansion of the marijuana industry has changed the landscape of the California wilderness. Like Justin<\/a> mentioned in his post on Jacoby, the conservation movement in America has been a tale of binaries. In this tradition, we are now seeing a similar binary. The social measures keep marijuana illegal, which is also scientifically antithetical, now threatens scientific considerations in the form of damage to protected ecosystems. \u00a0In the future I believe we will see histories much like Jacoby\u2019s on this subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was browsing the news recently and came upon the article, \u201cThe Landscape-Scarring, Energy-Sucking, Wildlife-Killing Reality of Pot Farming,\u201d by Josh Harkinson. This article is about \u201cyour wilderness on drugs,\u201d and describes how illegal ganja farmers in California nature preserves do great harm to the environment by damming streams, using rodenticides, and intimidating forest service … <\/p>\n