<div dir="ltr"><div>The URL cited below suggests that Boone's "tons" (stated in the Herring article) was "tuns", a much much smaller quantity. <br><br><a href="https://prickettsfort.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/daniel-boone-the-boatload-of-ginseng-further-considerations/">https://prickettsfort.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/daniel-boone-the-boatload-of-ginseng-further-considerations/</a><br><br></div>Peter<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Lisa Feldkamp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lfeldkamp@tnc.org" target="_blank">lfeldkamp@tnc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">







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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:MingLiU"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I work with the Nature Conservancy’s Cool Green Science blog.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:MingLiU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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:
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http://blog.nature.org/science/2016/07/11/ginseng-digging-local-traditions-global-markets-appalachia-medicinal-plants/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I thought that many of you would be interested in this story. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Cheers,<br>
Lisa</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Lisa Feldkamp</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Science Communications</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The Nature Conservancy</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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