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Ginseng
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poaching
suspect
convicted
By Jan LaValley
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Last Thursday in Federal District Court in Charlottesville, Herbert Lee Cave of Etlan was found guilty of taking ginseng from Shenandoah National Park in June.
Cave dug and removed two and one half pounds of ginseng, 178 roots, from a back country area of the park. After being caught by park rangers he confessed to the crime according to Lyn Rothgeb of the SNP public information office. Taking ginseng, or any other plant or animal life in a federal area, is in violation of the Lacey Act and Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The maximum penalty for such a violation is a fine of $5,000 and six months in jail, or both. Cave was ordered to pay a $300 fine, $162 in restitution and was placed on probation for two years. During that period he is prohibited from entering the park. He was also ordered to surrender his state ginseng collecting permit for 1998.
The state season for collecting ginseng opened last week but SNP Superintendent Douglas K. Morris cautions park neighbors to be careful when or if they collect ginseng near the park. People must be careful not to enter the park to collect the plant or cross park boundaries with the plant in their possession. Anyone caught with the plant in the park will be subject to the same penalties mentioned above.
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