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 ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is reminding residents not to dig for ginseng out of season — and not to trade it for drugs, either. Conservation officers have dealt ...

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 ...

LA SALLE, IL (AP) – Conservation police in Illinois say they’re seeing an increase in the number of arrests this fall for illegally digging and harvesting ginseng. Police say it’s because the price ...

In this Sept. 18, 2012, photo wild ginseng root dries at Buckhorn Ginseng, in Richland Center, Wis. Police say more and more people are combing the woods from the upper Mississippi River to Appalachia ...

Sep. 9—Wild ginseng has been an ingredient in Appalachian culture, as well as medicinal folklore, for generations. Ginseng season runs through Nov. 30. West Virginia 'seng diggers have been looking to ...

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 ...

MADISON, Wis. – They slink through the woods in camouflage and face paint, armed with tire irons, screwdrivers and hoes, seeking a plant that looks like a cross between a Virginia creeper and poison ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Ginseng season is officially underway in Indiana, but officials with the Department of Natural Resources want to remind you it’s a crime to dig it on someone else’s property.