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County seeks state grants for illegal cannabis cleanup and public‑property waste removal

5968204 · October 21, 2025

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Summary

County environmental health staff reported work on a planning grant to address nuisance and illegal cannabis sites with California Department of Fish and Wildlife and an application to CalRecycle for illegal disposal cleanup near Hayfork Creek.

Trinity County environmental health staff updated supervisors on two grant efforts Oct. 21: a potential planning grant through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s cannabis restoration grant program and a recent CalRecycle application to clean up illegal disposal on county properties in the Hayfork area.

County staff said they have met with Department of Fish and Wildlife and are scoping a planning grant that could support subsequent, larger implementation funding for nuisance property cleanup. The environmental health team also led a recent CalRecycle site visit and submitted an application for work on county properties near the Hayfork airport and along Hayfork Creek. Staff described the CalRecycle grant as competitive and said they were optimistic about the county’s chances.

Supervisors noted the scale and cost of illegal cannabis-site remediation earlier in the meeting while reporting on regional coordination with the North Coast Resource Partnership. One supervisor said the issue likely requires state support and a regional task force because of the fiscal and environmental scope of cleanup work.

No formal action was taken on the grants at the meeting; staff said they would continue scoping and will report back with additional information as grant opportunities proceed.