Another article highlighting IERC conservation efforts in documenting and reclaiming public lands from deleterious impacts associated with trespass cultivation. IERC Executive Director Dr. Mourad Gabriel is interviewed in this article which highlights the collaboration, partnerships and work federal and state agencies and non-profits like IERC are doing towards this issue. IERC continues to lead and build the foundational knowledge of enviromental impacts from this activity while working on adaptive managment soultions to remove these risks from California’s landscape.