MARIJUANA GARDEN -- Deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office eradicated a 975-plant illegal marijuana garden on ranch land in the Eagle Rock area of Low Gap Road.

The landowner alerted the Sheriff's Office after he found a black-plastic waterline running across the roadway on his property and followed it until he heard voices.

A search of property by sheriff's deputies found five illegal growing sites being watered by a small pond dug into the hillside. The plants were between one-foot and four-feet tall.

No suspects were located in any of the gardens, and no arrests have been made.