Lt. John Nores Jr (ret.) team leader for California Dept of Fish and Wildlife's spec ops Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET), will overview and update the success and challenges of his team's fight to stop international drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) from destroying·our nation's
wildlife, wildlands and waterways throughout the US. Emphasizing the cartel's use of highly topic, EPA banned Carbofuran based poisons, Nores will discuss their widespread application throughout black market trespass grow operations nationwide and cover the health and safety issues with these toxics when encountered. Utilizing photographs and documentary and investigative news story television clips, Lt. Nores covers his team's first six years of effectiveness and cartel environmental crime trends over the last decade and highlights his team's amazing K9's to stop these clandestine groups. Notes discuss the debate over regulated cannabis laws having positive/negative effects on our wildlife resources, what other US states should consider when looking to legalize and the challenges for SCI and other conservation organizations to aid in this national fight.