Rodenticide Content / Rodenticide Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Marijuana Farms Expose Spotted Owls to Rat Poison in Northwest California /news/marijuana-farms-expose-spotted-owls-rat-poison-northwest-california <p>Wildlife species are being exposed to high levels of rat poison in northwest California, with illegal marijuana farms the most likely source point, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis, with the California Academy of Sciences.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ace-eco.org/vol13/iss1/art2/">The study</a>, released Jan. 11 in the journal <em>Avian Conservation and Ecology</em>, showed that seven of the 10 northern spotted owls collected tested positive for rat poison, while 40 percent of 84 barred owls collected also tested positive for the poison.&nbsp;</p> January 11, 2018 - 3:44pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/marijuana-farms-expose-spotted-owls-rat-poison-northwest-california Poisons from illegal marijuana grows threaten wildlife /news/poisons-illegal-marijuana-grows-threaten-wildlife <p>Rat poison used on illegal marijuana grows is killing fishers in the southern Sierra Nevada, according to a recent study conducted by a team of scientists from the University of California, Davis, the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Research Station, UC Berkeley, and the Integral Ecology Research Center in Humboldt County, Calif.</p> June 27, 2013 - 12:00am IET WebDev /news/poisons-illegal-marijuana-grows-threaten-wildlife Poisons on public lands put wildlife at risk (VIDEO) /news/poisons-public-lands-put-wildlife-risk-video <p>Rat poison used on illegal marijuana farms may be sickening and killing the fisher, a rare forest carnivore that makes its home in some of the most remote areas of California, according to a team of researchers led by University of California, Davis, veterinary scientists.</p> July 13, 2012 - 2:30pm IET WebDev /news/poisons-public-lands-put-wildlife-risk-video