Salmon and trout have traditionally been a staple food for the Hoopa and other northwestern California tribes. "They do not look at the cumulative impact on the area." "From the tribe's perspective, within our aboriginal territory, there are 266 applications, and the county takes each of these applications individually," Norton told EHN. After years of habitat restoration work, Norton is concerned that cannabis farms may lower flows and kill off young fish. More than 20 of the grows are in Supply Creek's steep headwaters.
Under California's new cannabis regulatory system, 266 marijuana farmers are applying for permits to grow on the Hoopa Valley Tribe's traditional lands-some of which are now privately held and lie outside reservation boundaries.
Norton, director of the Hoopa Valley Tribal Environmental Protection Agency and a member of the tribe, is worried about the stream's future. The boulders and logs placed to create salmon and trout habitat lie bare under the sun.
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