[MPWG] Fwd: Maryland bans the harvest of ginseng on all State lands, upsetting diggers - Washington Post, 22 June 2013

[De Angelis, Patricia]

"The long tradition of ginseng hunting in the United States can be traced
from Daniel Boone, the folk hero frontiersman, to Glenn Miller, a retired
concrete inspector....

...That experience in Maryland is about to change. State officials recently
banned ginseng hunting on state land after a study by Smithsonian
scientists and an analysis of harvest records showed a dramatic drop in the
number of plants across the state. In 2010, the wild harvest of ginseng in
Maryland netted 143 pounds, according to state figures. That’s down from
227 pounds just 10 years before and 423 pounds in 1996."

See the link to the full Washington Post article in the email below.
Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
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From: Ford, Patricia <patricia_ford at fws.gov>
Date: Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:11 PM
Subject: Maryland bans the harvest of ginseng on all State lands



FYI-

Maryland bans the harvest of ginseng on all State lands.
An article about it was in last Sunday's Washington Post at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-bans-wild-ginseng-harvest-on-state-land-upsetting-diggers/2013/06/22/eb02d00c-d9d6-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html
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