“This winter, amid the news of the FBI’s arrest of the remaining occupiers of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon, another story unfolded more quietly in the Appalachians. At the heart of it were a small plant that plays a significant role in eastern mountain forests — American ginseng — and Billy Joe Hurley, a […]
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In NC mountains ginseng theft can be family tradition
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged Billy Joe Hurley, ginseng, great smoky mountains national park, smithsonian magazine, venus flytrap on April 26, 2016 | Leave a Comment »