<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>Passing along information forwarded to me by other listserve members.  For more information on American ginseng regulations, see: <a href="http://www.fws.gov/international/plants/american-ginseng.html" target="_blank">http://www.fws.gov/international/plants/american-ginseng.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.</div><div>US Fish & Wildlife Service</div><div>PCA-Medicinal Plant Working Group</div><div><br></div><div><h3 style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 10px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:normal"><font>POLICE SEIZE 190 POUNDS OF ILLEGALLY HARVESTED GINSENG</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:normal"><font><a href="http://www.wvva.com/story/26563681/2014/09/18/police-seize-190-pounds-of-illegally-harvested-ginseng" target="_blank">http://www.wvva.com/story/26563681/2014/09/18/police-seize-190-pounds-of-illegally-harvested-ginseng</a></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-weight:normal"><font><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">BECKLEY (AP) </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">--
West Virginia natural resources police say they have made 11 arrests and seized
190 pounds of dry ginseng that was illegally harvested.</span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-weight:normal"><font><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">PROBE UNCOVERS WIDESPREAD ILLEGAL GINSENG HARVEST</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:normal"><font><a href="http://wvmetronews.com/2014/09/18/probe-uncovers-widespread-illegal-ginseng-harvest/" target="_blank">http://wvmetronews.com/2014/09/18/probe-uncovers-widespread-illegal-ginseng-harvest/</a></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-weight:normal"><font><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">BECKLEY, W.Va.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> – West
Virginia Division of Natural Resources police recently seized 190 pounds of
dried ginseng harvested before the opening of the season, leading to 11 arrests
that may only represent the start.</span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-weight:normal"><font><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">RECORD AMOUNT OF POACHED <a href="http://W.VA">W.VA</a>. GINSENG SEIZED</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:normal"><font> <a href="http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140917/GZ01/140919317" target="_blank">http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140917/GZ01/140919317</a></font></span></p>

<span style="font-weight:normal"><font><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">CHARLESTON, WV - </span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">With enough ginseng roots to fill a conference
room, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Law Enforcement revealed
Wednesday the largest seizure of illegal ginseng in the state’s history. </span></font></span><br></h3></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>