[PCA] Ginseng Digging and Conservation on Cool Green Science

[Peter Rauch]

The URL cited below suggests that Boone's "tons" (stated in the Herring
article) was "tuns", a much much smaller quantity.

https://prickettsfort.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/daniel-boone-the-boatload-of-ginseng-further-considerations/

Peter

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Lisa Feldkamp <lfeldkamp at tnc.org> wrote:

> Hi,
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> I work with the Nature Conservancy’s Cool Green Science blog.
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> We have a post today by Hal Herring about American ginseng digging in
> Appalachia past and present and the impact that the global market is having
> on the conservation of this native plant:
> http://blog.nature.org/science/2016/07/11/ginseng-digging-local-traditions-global-markets-appalachia-medicinal-plants/
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> I thought that many of you would be interested in this story. Let me know
> if you have any questions. Thank you!
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> Cheers,
> Lisa
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> “Stop, collaborate, and listen.” ~ Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle)
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> Lisa Feldkamp
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> Science Communications
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> The Nature Conservancy
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> lfeldkamp at tnc.org
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