There's a different type of season in Indiana that began Sept. 1 and runs through the end of the year. Participants don't have to carry a firearm, muzzleloader or bow and arrow; instead, all that's ...

It’s ginseng hunting season in Virginia. And that means, from now until Dec. 31, you’re allowed to dig roots of a plant that could fetch as much as $700 per pound. But there are rules you need to ...

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Tenn — Deep in the woods of Appalachia, the trees grow tall and plants dig their roots deep into the soil. Communities thrive from the work of all their members. Traditions are passed ...

HAGERSTOWN — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is banning the harvesting of wild ginseng on state lands. Biologist Jonathan McKnight said Friday that the prohibition takes effect Sept. 1, ...

Fall is an ideal time to hunt for ginseng and other wild crops in the forest, according to Robert Eidus, owner of Eagle Feather Organic Farm in Marshall. Eidus will host a workshop on identifying, ...

Natural Resource Police Officers (L-R) Josh Toner, Zack Mills and Marshall Richards with 190 pounds of illegally harvested ginseng. BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia Division of Natural Resources police ...

Reporting from Palgong Mountain, South Korea — The hunters kneel before a tiny altar of fresh persimmons, paper cups of alcohol and burning incense, bowing three times to solicit permission from the ...

Far below the 4,236-pound peak in 1990, ginseng hunters in Pennsylvania more recently harvest a thousand pounds or less per year in a season legally restricted to Sept. 1 to Nov. 30. Properly handled, ...

Search and rescue crews are out again Monday in an effort to find missing Tennessee teen Lucas Brown, who was last seen Thursday when he reportedly left to go ginseng hunting in Overton County.