Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 15—A ban on collecting wild ginseng in the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests will remain in place indefinitely until the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ginseng plant with berries in fall, Whitesville, W.Va. Lyntha Scott Eller/Library of Congress, CC BY-ND Across Appalachia, ...

No injuries reported after house fire on Dreaming Creek Drive in Lynchburg The Lynchburg Fire Department said no injuries were reported after a house fire on Monday evening. Forest families making the ...

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announces that wild ginseng harvest season begins on Sept. 1. Wild American ginseng is listed as a threatened species in Virginia, and ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Ginseng hunting season is getting started, but the U.S. Forest Service said it would be paused in two national forests this year to preserve the wild ginseng population. In a release ...

Former Lynchburg corrections director sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in federal prison The former acting director of the Lynchburg Community Corrections & Pretrial Services Department has been ...

The legal season for harvesting wild ginseng in New York state is underway, running through Nov. 30 after a Sept. 1 start date. According to Jason Denham, who oversees ginseng harvesting for the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Harvesting season for the medicinal Virginia plant, wild American ginseng, has begun, and with the season comes specific rules and regulations surrounding the collection of the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - Ginseng has a long history in the U.S. “There’s records of Daniel Boone harvesting and shipping it out, basically wagon loads and boat loads of ginseng to Asia,” explained Keith ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - These days a pound of wild ginseng can get you about $500. Sounds pretty nice, right? But if you talk to any ginseng digger, they’ll most likely tell you they’re working hard ...