IDAHO CITY _ Idaho City residents are getting used to the sight of marijuana. Two more major grow operations were found on public forestland, and we got to watch as they removed six thousand plants.

That's worth about 15 million dollars if it hits the streets, but thanks to some serious law enforcement cooperation, in Boise County it isn't getting out of the woods in the wrong hands.

"Seeing a helicopter flying with marijuana hanging from it, it's exciting," laughs Idaho City shop owner Skip Myers.

In that regard, Idaho City has had a lot of excitement this summer.

"Seems to be a pretty common scene," said Myers, who talked candidly with us from behind the counter at his establishment, Donna's Place, "I think they took in more marijuana this year than hay!"

Myers says in all seriousness, though, lately residents have seen trucks, trailers, and helicopters repeatedly hauling the illicit weed from their public forest lands.

On Friday, cops were at it again. Officers from seven different agencies including the DEA and from as far away as Gooding County cleared out two more grows. That makes six major operations found in Boise County this summer, totaling 70 million dollars.

"It's ready to harvest right now, this is a high value crop," said Boise County Sheriff's Deputy Bill Braddock after a load was dropped off at the Idaho City airstrip by a National Guard Blackhawk helicopter.

"That's a lot of money!" said Myers, "That's an enormous amount of money, 70 million dollars. I'm tickled to death that we're getting this problem out of here."

But it's taking a lot of help. Boise County officials said they needed other agencies to offer up their employees. In total, 35 officers participated in eradicating the two grow operations.

As for the Idaho National Guard helicopter; they needed to get in more training anyway, so they offered their services, too. Otherwise, this pot bust would be a bust.

"The last grow I went on I walked in from the bottom it was five miles up on really rough trail," said Braddock.

"When I first started a week ago, I only had four deputies to go up there and take this stuff out, that's impossible," said Captain Dale Rogers with the Boise County Sheriff's Office.

But now, they're taking the fight to the forest in hopes of keeping it off the streets.

"Anything that we don't get is going to end up on the streets in our communities," said Ada County Detective Pat Schneider.

"It's an Idaho problem," added Rogers, "That's why other agencies are helping and we'll do the same for them."

The marijuana harvest goes through October and police say they believe more grows are out there. Cops are hoping hunters, hikers, and recreationists will let them know if they see any signs of a marijuana grow on public land.

Signs include black PVC pipe used to irrigate the crops, seeing groups of the plants themselves, or signs of a camp where people watching the plants are staying. Police advise members of the public who see any of these signs to quietly move away from the area and notify a local law enforcement agency.

One person was apprehended at one of the grows, but deputies say they are continuing to follow up on leads that could produce more arrests.