This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The ban on ginseng harvesting in the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is considering new rules to regulate the digging and selling of ginseng as trade in the medicinal plant increases. The Division of Wildlife has scheduled a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MONROE COUNTY, Ind.– Two boaters are facing ...

MISSOURI (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding people that digging ginseng roots or other wild plants on conservation land are illegal. The MDC recently posted on Facebook that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LA SALLE, IL (AP) – Conservation police in ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Broke and down on his luck, Billy Joe Hurley turned to the only way he knew how to make a living: poaching ginseng. But after his latest in a long string of arrests, federal ...

That big handful of wild ginseng roots might prove costly for a person who allegedly dug it up illegally on Missouri Department of Conservation land. After getting a tip, Shannon County Conservation ...

West Virginia’s ginseng digging season starts Sept. 1. Ginseng diggers, often called “sengers,” will be out in full force searching for the native herb that sold last year for an average of $410 per ...

There's a different type of season in Indiana that began Sept. 1 and runs through the end of the year. Participants don't have to carry a firearm, muzzleloader or bow and arrow; instead, all that's ...

Finding a wild ginseng plant, Wisconsin’s state herb, can be an exhilarating experience, even if it’s not taken. The plant is rare; nonexistent in many habitats, except mesic woods. During season ...

HUNTINGTON -- Ginseng digging season runs Tuesday, Sept. 1, through Monday, Nov. 30, according to a release from the West Virginia Division of Forestry. Ginseng plants only can be dug if it is five ...