Federal Agents Discover Massive Marijuana Farm Hidden Deep In Sequoia National Park

Imagine finding this while hiking through a National Park. However, Federal officials beat you to it.

The Feds discovered over 2,000 marijuana plants hidden deep in Sequoia National Park in California.

This from 100percentfedup.com.

After making the discovery, authorities quickly destroyed the plants and removed other infrastructure that assisted the growing operation.

NOTE: Huge marijuana farm that has been poisoning the sequoia national Park with toxic chemicals has been busted and all of the product and illegal chemicals have been removed.

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No word if the owners of this farm have been contributing to Gavin Newsom like the owners of the other marijuana farm that was busted for using trafficked illegal… pic.twitter.com/bLuSboyMBu

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) August 22, 2025

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New: National Park Service says they destroyed 2.3k illicit cannabis plants in Sequoia National Park. They also discovered methamidophos, a pesticide banned in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/iP6dJOcvSc

— Steve Robinson (@BigSteve207) August 21, 2025

Fox News provided more details on the discovery and how this discovery is not an anomaly:

Officials last week dismantled a sprawling illegal marijuana cultivation site hidden deep inside Sequoia National Park, hauling out thousands of plants and nearly a ton of toxic debris that had scarred the wilderness.

Crews removed 2,377 full-grown marijuana plants and nearly 2,000 pounds of trash and infrastructure from a site that damaged roughly 13 acres in the protected California parkland, the National Park Service (NPS) said on Thursday.

Much of the material was removed by hand and lifted out by helicopter by NPS law enforcement rangers as well as Bureau of Land Management special agents, the agency added.

Authorities said the cultivation bore the hallmarks of a well-organized drug-trafficking operation—the kind that has plagued Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks for nearly 20 years. In that time, officials eradicated close to 300,000 plants worth an estimated $850 million inside the two parks.

Authorities first discovered the marijuana farm in 2024, and while they raided it at the time they did not remove it entirely until this year due to the presence of dangerous chemicals, according to NPS. When crews returned this year, they found a semi-automatic pistol, makeshift campsites with kitchen areas and chemicals including approximately a gallon of the insecticide Methamidophos, which was banned in the U.S. more than 15 years ago.

Rangers also found far more than just the marijuana plants, documenting that they observed evidence of poaching, the clearing out of natural vegetation, nearly two miles of illegal trails, terraced grow plots carved into the hillside, and large pits that appeared to have been created to store water that was diverted from a nearby creek.

Here is the National Park Service’s official press release on the finding:

National Park Service law enforcement rangers, in cooperation with special agents from the Bureau of Land Management, removed an illegal marijuana cultivation site in Sequoia National Park last week.

A total of 2,377 full-grown marijuana plants and approximately 2,000 pounds of trash and infrastructure were removed by hand and helicopter sling-load operations. The site also contained a semi-automatic pistol and several hazardous chemicals, including about one gallon of Methamidophos, a highly toxic insecticide banned in the United States since 2009.

Law enforcement rangers detected and raided this cultivation site in 2024, but the site was not rehabilitated until this year due to the presence of hazardous chemicals. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.

Large marijuana cultivation sites can have major impacts on the Central Valley. According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, a single marijuana plant uses six to eight gallons of water a day that would otherwise nurture wildlife and vegetation. In addition, water for personal use (drinking, bathing, cooking, etc.) and for crop irrigation travels from the mountains within Sequoia National Park to areas of the Central Valley. Runoff from large cultivation sites may be tainted due to the large variety of pesticides that are used in growing marijuana.

For almost two decades, well-organized drug-trafficking organizations have been operating large-scale cultivation operations in and around Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. These cultivation sites cause major damage to the parks’ natural resources and are a threat to public and staff safety. In the last 20 years, nearly 300,000 plants with a value of almost $850 million have been eradicated in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.

Sequoia National Park has a long history of marijuanna being illegally grown at the massive park:

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