Regrowth study in 2019

[Keeper Trout]

A recent summary is online with more to come.

Lophophora williamsii harvesting; regrowth & mortality. - Cactus Conservation Institute

2019 Update. 17 May 2019; summary by Keeper Trout, Anya Ermakova & Martin Terry. The last two visits to the study group (15 March 2018 and 1, 2 & 4 May 2019) have provided us with an unexpected opportunity to study the effects of harvesting even further than we had planned. CCI’s original goal...

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[Loveall]

Thanks for this work and report.

Your patience with the poachers is admirable. I'm ashamed to say I'd be cursing them out

May nature bliss you.

 

[dreamer042]

Fascinating! I'm quite surprised how quickly they grow back in their natural habitat. The poaching is unfortunate, but I am glad you were able to garner some good research data out of it.

Thanks for this work. It's very important. :thumb_up:

 

[Keeper Trout]

Poaching is an entrenched part of the picture. Historically, trespassing for the purpose of poaching has been as likely to be done by collectors working for the licensed distributors as by anyone else. It is a constant challenge for land owners who do not grant harvest leases.
We could have gotten upset but since we are trying to examine the impact of the real-world factors affecting peyote this was actually a valuable gift to our study.