[MPWG] RE: Deer Foraging Threatens Ginseng Survival

[Sonya]

(((McGraw said there are three options: Do nothing and watch ginseng 
likely disappear from the landscape; reintroduce deer predators such as 
mountain lions and wolves; or change hunting regulations that would lead 
to a reduction in deer populations.)))

Source: West Virginia University Released: Thu 10-Feb-2005, 14:10 ET
http://www.nis.wvu.edu Deer Foraging Threatens Ginseng Survival

Isn't the harvesting of the ginseng for human purposes interference in 
the natural ecosystem ?? Why wouldn't targets for  measuring, 
mitigating, and managing the *human* impacts of the harvesting be 
addressed as well? The impact of the harvesting by humans of the ginseng 
as a cash crop, possibly it being overexploited and the natural 
ecosystems being damaged does not seem to be addressed.....this seems to 
be economics based for the cash crop value..-----Sonya

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