[MPWG] ginseng in the news

Sun Sep 8 14:19:15 CDT 2013

Hi folks!

I did my dissertation on poaching in 2008 and it is an issue in Ohio. I am
worried now because we have out of state people swarming the area fracking!
If the frack pads themselves and out of state vehicles (carrying invasives
back and forth) are not bad enough, we have invasive people so to speak,
crossing properties without any thought to privacy issues. We had one lady
find dynamite charges set up on her land in Belmont county Ohio... she was
going to build a house and took a walk around, the company claims it was all
a big mistake but beware, I see fracking trucks withdrawing water illegally
from hidden areas as well as the local MWCD lakes. This is so ridiculous!
And then the earth quakes as well as spent frack fluid being poured out in
wooded regions.
The medicinals seem to be off the radar as far as ODNR is concerned when it
comes to getting out that natural gas.
Randi Pokladnik

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From: MPWG [mailto:mpwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of
Jeannie Dunn
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 9:05 AM
To: Colin Donohue
Cc: mpwg
Subject: Re: [MPWG] ginseng in the news

Colin and Jeanine, 

Thanks for all you have just put out there. Agreed. 
I really believe WNC residential and commercial development and periodic
forest service/DOT maintenance probably do more damage to annihilate our
herbal medicines in the area, more than poachers ever will.
I also think that we will still have ginseng in 10-20 years because the
old-timers and their generations who harvest know how to proliferate the
species as they harvest, scattering seeds and spreading roots.
It will be "wild cultivated" ginseng but it will still be considered wild. I
believe Robert Eidus is trying to bring attention to the industry and he has
a right to his opinion. I hope he's wrong and we can sustain our wild
ginseng but if more people are moving into western NC and the developments
sprawl outwards, we may not have much of a forest to grow it!

Jeannie Dunn
Red Moon Herbs
828-301-3010

On Sep 5, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Colin Donohue wrote:

Absolutely.

That would be great. I regret I'm not in the role I once was, but this issue
is still dear to my heart. 

A meeting of the minds, and forging of common strategies and efforts could
be a great thing in both stewarding 'sang in the wild and supporting
lifeways of the responsible ginseng stewards and harvesters out there. 

C

On 9/5/2013 8:23 PM, Jeanine Davis wrote:

On an open forum all I am willing to say is that I am not amused and this
story could have been more accurate and hopeful. We do need to brainstorm on
strategies to reduce poaching to conserve wild populations and encourage
more wild simulated production.  I have some ideas, that are built on
consumer demand and pressure.

Jeanine

Jeanine Davis, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist
Dept. of Horticultural Science, NC State University
website: ncherb.org
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On Sep 5, 2013 7:46 PM, "Michael McGuffin" <MMcguffin at ahpa.org> wrote:

Hello Colin, 

I could not agree with you more that the information presented by Robert
Eidus was unfortunate, at best. But Susan Leopold was exactly correct in
calling attention to the very limited resources that are applied to plant
conservation. This was an important message, and an appropriate message from
United Plant Savers.

Michael

Michael McGuffin

President

American Herbal Products Association |  <http://www.ahpa.org/> www.ahpa.org

8630 Fenton Street, Suite 918 | Silver Spring | MD | 20910

MD Phone: 301.588.1171 x201

CA Phone: 310.745.8401

30+ years of working for you! 

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From: MPWG [mailto:mpwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of
Colin Donohue
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 3:02 PM
To: Susan Leopold
Cc: mpwg
Subject: Re: [MPWG] ginseng in the news

This is great, other than being wrong. 

I'm amused to see Robert Eidus as the spokesperson for the survivability of
Ginseng. It will be gone in 10-20 years?   That's idiotic.  

I'm sure Mr. Eidus didn't mean what he was cast as saying on the clip, but
it's still incorrect information. 

I'm very disappointed to see UPS trumpeting this incorrect and
sensationalized clip. 

Yes, there are issues with ginseng harvest, and I'd be the first to shout
from the mountaintop that poaching is a real issue that needs attention, and
that more resources should go into plant conservation. But putting incorrect
information out to spur public concern is disingenuous. 

Colin

On 9/5/2013 5:15 PM, Susan Leopold wrote:

United Plant Savers has started a change.org letter to bring awareness to
our members and the public and to show various agencies that the public
cares and supports ginseng conservation efforts....

Below is a link to the CBS story and to our change.org letter, also you can
go to the UpS website www.unitedplantsavers.org for links to several recent
news articles and ginseng recently published research.

Please join this campaign: http://chn.ge/15Eon5H

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57601454/ginseng-poaching-threatens-s
urvival-of-plant-species/ 

Susan Leopold, PhD

Executive Director, UpS

703-667-0208

susan at unitedplantsavers.org

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