With demand nearly insatiable in Asia and the price reaching $900 or more per pound, the plants are quickly disappearing from the North Carolina park.
CHEROKEE, N.C. — The first thing National Park Service Ranger Lamon Brown noticed was an illegal campsite, littered with food wrappers and marked by a smoldering fire ring.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/TDxr3Wyu7oc/la-na-ginseng-rustlers-20130811,0,1660394.story
CHEROKEE, N.C. — The first thing National Park Service Ranger Lamon Brown noticed was an illegal campsite, littered with food wrappers and marked by a smoldering fire ring.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/TDxr3Wyu7oc/la-na-ginseng-rustlers-20130811,0,1660394.story
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