[PCA] NEWS: Rangers aim to curb smuggling of native bromeliads

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-bromeliad-black-market-20101028,0,7181413.story

Rangers aim to curb smuggling of native bromeliads
Poachers partly to blame for the clearing of these native plants in parks.
By Alexia Campbell, Sun Sentinel
6:45 p.m. EDT, October 28, 2010

In the dense cypress swamp west of Boynton Beach, a ranger points at a 
bare cypress tree trunk once dotted with rare bromeliads. Poachers pluck 
the spiky air plants from trees at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee 
National Wildlife Refuge, and there aren't enough rangers to catch all the 
thieves.

See the link above for the full article text.