Protecting resources: assessing harvesting of wild morel mushrooms in two National Capital Region parks
Barron E and Emery M. 2009. Protecting resources: assessing harvesting of wild morel mushrooms in two National Capital Region parks. Publications in Anthropology. NPS/NRCO/NRTR—2009/002. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Washington, DC.
Report focuses on morel harvesting at Catoctin Mountain Park and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park. Oral histories were conducted with 41 harvesters in 2005 and 2007 in order to use local ecological knowledge to develop further understanding of morels in the mid-Atlantic region, and to develop practical suggestions for morel management.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Barron, E. S.; Emery, M. R.
- Date of Issue
- 2009-08
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- CATO , CHOH
- Keywords
- ethnographic assessment, foraging, Fungi, harvesting, Management Actions, mushroom, Oral History, Vegetation