Wild American ginseng may be a small root, but it is the center of a big industry. The small wild root, which grows in the forest of many eastern states, has also caused quite a bit of trouble for the ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently auctioned off more than $50,000 worth of poached plants that they recovered from illegal possession, including close to 60 pounds of wild ginseng root ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife is concluding a two-year investigation into illegally harvested and dealt ginseng. The operation involved the illegal trafficking of ...

COLUMBUS — The first crackdown on illegal ginseng harvesting in about a decade has led to findings of 60 violations of state law, state wildlife officers from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — It’s a small plant that is costing people in Ohio a lot of money and, in some cases, landing them in jail. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) just spent years ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State wildlife officers have identified dozens of ginseng harvesting violations in their effort to protect the medicinal herb. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury in Columbus indicted a West Virginia man on charges of receipt, acquisition or purchase of illegally transported protected plants and falsification of records, ...

In the late 1800s, rural Appalachians and indigenous people built a multimillion dollar industry out of folk botany, shared forest stewardship and business cunning. Across the region, independent ...