Smoky Mountains National Park a hotbed for ginseng poaching
Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 01:00
in Earth & Climate
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.