http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ss ... aring.html

Thought I would post this for anyone venturing into the high desert, apparently they are growing along the remote streams out in the Trout Creeks and Oregon Canyon Mountains area so be careful out there. This affects a number of the mountains I've posted and hiked these last few years, might be best sticking to this area in winter and early spring.

It sucks that most dangerous thing in the woods is another human.

nhluhr wrote:It sucks that most dangerous thing in the woods is another human.

I'll second that. . .

Unfortunately this is common in the PNW. Did you know the USFS has a swat-style team just to catch these guys?

I am wondering just how common this is? If they are in the Whitehorse Creek area where they will be dealing with ranchers and armed rabbit and coyote hunters why wouldnt they be in the wilderness areas where they wont have to put up with as many incursions? I could more easily imagine them in the wallowas and strawberries than in the whitehorse area, this is dismaying.

nhluhr wrote:It sucks that most dangerous thing in the woods is another human.

Clearly you haven't run into the cartel of armed, pot-growing bears.

drjohnso1182 wrote:

nhluhr wrote:It sucks that most dangerous thing in the woods is another human.

Clearly you haven't run into the cartel of armed, pot-growing bears.

That would be the most awesome thing. ever.