600 MARIJUANA PLANTS FOUND ON STATE LAND

About 600 marijuana plants, with a potential worth of about $1.2
million, were seized by law enforcement personnel Thursday from a
remote public hunting area in Walworth County, authorities said.

The plants were grown on state-owned land, and the location is thought
to be one of the largest cultivated marijuana sites found in Walworth
County, according to a statement from the Walworth County Drug
Enforcement Unit. Last month, officers seized about 1,000 marijuana
plants from a site about 400 yards from the location of Thursday's
seizure.

Officers also found about four campsites thought to be used by people
tending the plants, according to the statement.

Authorities say they think the plants would have yielded about 300
pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of $3,500 to $4,500 a pound.