State Highway 57 south to Kewaunee County Highway A, to State Highway 163, to State Highway 147 to U.S. Highway 10, to State Highway 27 north, to State Highway 70, to Sawyer County Highway B, west to State Highway and 77 to the state boarder. It is illegal to harvest wild ginseng from any state land, and it may only be harvested from private lands with the permission of the landowner, according to a native plant biologist with the Department of Natural Resources. The ginseng season is open in Wisconsin from September 1 through November 1. It is also illegal to harvest wild ginseng from federal lands and from some county lands. Illegal harvest of ginseng is a major problem in some state parks, especially those in southwestern Wisconsin where the native plant is most abundant.
Illegal harvest can result in significant fines.
People interested in the legal harvest of wild ginseng should pick up a copy of the wild ginseng regulations pamphlet from a DNR district or area office or from a local conservation warden. Licensed ginseng harvesters may only take larger plants, those with ripe berries and three or more leaves. It's important to follow these rules to protect wild ginseng populations for future generations. Please sign our guest book and let us know how we can improve our page content for you. Please contact our webmaster with technical comments or questions.