[MPWG] ARTICLE: Poachers Looting National Parks of Treasures

[Olivia Kwong]

For the full article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/23/AR2005102300796.html

By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 24, 2005; Page A08

SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, Va. -- A self-described "old-timer," Skip
Wissinger has spent 32 years traversing the park's 300 square miles and
identifying its natural treasures. But now many of the park's most prized
resources -- its American ginseng plants, black bears and unusual
butterflies -- are disappearing.