Monday morning, more than a dozen law enforcement agencies reportedly began serving search warrants on properties up and down the Klamath River thought to contain marijuana grows. The Los Angeles Times of all publications seems to be reporting from the scene and has posted a piece indicating that we may have a long week or raids in store. They’re calling it “Operation Yurok.”

From the LA Times: 

Yurok Tribal Chairman Thomas O’Rourke joined officers as they staged at a hillside fire station Monday morning and thanked them for assisting in what was dubbed “Operation Yurok.”

“They’re stealing millions and millions of gallons of water and and it’s impacting our ecosystem,” he told the officers. “We can’t no longer make it into our dance places, our women and children can’t leave the road to gather. We can’t hunt. We can’t live the life we’ve lived for thousands of years.”

Yurok Interim Public Safety Chief Leonard Masten said tens of thousands of plants are likely to be eradicated over the next week and a half. They will be chipped on-site.

The Yurok tribe does not recognize California’s medical marijuana laws and does not allow growing on the reservation. Read the entire piece here.