A two-part symposium on Friday, Oct. 12 will gather grassroots environmental activists, community members, and policy makers to discuss efforts to address the environmental impacts of marijuana cultivation. Panelists will review the impacts of marijuana agriculture and offer insights into the opportunities and challenges involved in addressing these problems.

Panelists include staff from several local environmental organizations, a representative from the California Department of Fish and Game, the Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey, Humboldt County district attorney Paul Gallegos and Mark Lovelace, Humboldt County third district supervisor.

The symposium is sponsored by the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research and the sociology department and is free and open to the public. It will take place in the HSU Behavioral and Social Sciences Building, Native Forum Room 162, 16th and Union Street, Arcata from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Please contact Dr. Tony Silvaggio, sociology department, HSU at 826-3142 for more information.