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Published November 18, 2012, 12:00 AM

Trash left behind


Illegal immigrants from Mexico are usually hired in California and taken to northern Wisconsin where they are dropped off in remote areas of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest to clear areas, plant marijuana and cultivate the plants. Here, investigators often find garbage left behind by the workers once they harvest the marijuana. (Meg Jones / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Read the article: Marijuana farms pollute Wisconsin forest