Record amounts of Roundup are being sprayed in California’s forests

Record amounts of Roundup are being sprayed in California’s forests

The forest floor was nothing but patches of brown. No ferns, no brush, no flowers, and definitely no wildlife. Everything was dead except for rows of hand-planted baby trees. Subscribe to Mother Jones podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. This is what reporter Nate Halverson found while mushroom foraging in the California wilderness near Lassen Peak. He would learn the area had been sprayed with the controversial weed killer g…