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There's a different type of season in Indiana that began Sept. 1 and runs through the end of the year. Participants don't have to carry a firearm, muzzleloader or bow and arrow; instead, all that's ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Ginseng harvest season in Virginia begins on Sept. 1. For those interested in collecting this valued plant, there’s several regulations to be aware of — because violating them ...

HARRISBURG — As ginseng hunters head into the woods, state officials are reminding people that while a license is not required for harvesting, one is necessary for selling or taking the wild plant out ...

Ginseng buyers report buying about 1,000 pounds of Pennsylvania ginseng each year on reports they file with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. That would be equivalent ...

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WATE) — A decline in wild ginseng has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to place a hold on issuing permits for collecting the perennial plant root in the Cherokee National Forest.

In more than three decades of combing the woods of Schuylkill County, Dennis “Pap” Knauss has yet to see a wild ginseng plant. “In all my years on the trail, I’ve never seen wild ginseng,” said Knauss ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently auctioned$51,542 of ginseng and yellow root that was forfeited from illegal possession cases. That total came from 59.7 pounds of ginseng and 3.1 ...

MARATHON, Wis. (WSAW) - Did you know that Marathon is recognized as the ginseng capital of the country? That’s right, and the Wisconsin Ginseng celebration took part of the Marathon Fun Days festival ...

Many ginseng collectors plant seeds of the endangered medical herb in the Pennsylvanian forests where they collect it, but that could have both positive and negative impacts on the plant, according to ...