Ashland wildlife lab’s tools and know-how key to detecting illegal timber imports

By Erik Neumann (Jefferson Public Radio)
April 7, 2023 12:30 p.m.

Ashland is the unexpected home of the country’s only full-service forensic laboratory devoted to tracking illegally transported animals and plants. Now the lab is employing a new strategy to get forensic tools to U.S. ports to stop the illegal timber trade.