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 ...

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, 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 ...

Across Appalachia, September marks the start of ginseng season, when thousands of people roam the hills searching for hard-to-reach patches of this highly prized plant. Many people know ginseng as an ...