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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed removing the Tennessee purple coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis) from the list of threatened and endangered species, marking the success of a decades-long cooperative conservation effort under the Endangered Species Act.

By The Capital-Journal
December 18, 2009 - 9:29am
LAWRENCE — A new native medicinal plant research program at The University of Kansas has earned funding for a five-year, $5 million project titled "Innovation Center for Advanced Plant Design: Plants for the Heartland."

Mother Nature’s son: Preserving ‘Appalachia’s herb basket’
by Beth Sergent

RUTLAND — Though Meigs County is infamously known for one herb in particular, it is actually home to one of the largest wild populations of goldenseal, blue and black cohosh, wild ginger and ramps in the United States.

Medicinal herbs in the U.S. and around the world are becoming endangered, and you can help with a few hours of your time.

Plants and Their Friends, an award winning talk show, now streaming on internet

"To-Watch" SW herb in the news. 

A world-wide effort

  The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has just released a series of brochures to encourage good stewardship practices by those who harvest wild American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) roots.