A trash pile surrounded by barbed wire to keep bears out sits at an illegal cannabis site in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest on Nov. 12, 2025. (Fred Greaves/CalMatters via Bay City News)

TRINITY CO., 2/15/26 — Law enforcement raided the illegal cannabis operation in Shasta-Trinity National Forest months before, but rotting potatoes still sat on the growers’ makeshift kitchen worktop, waiting to be cooked.  

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