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Blog posts

Press release about conservation property

CCI completed the purchase of land for conservation The Cactus Conservation Institute (CCI) announces completion [...]

17
Jan
Short Clarification Note about Decriminalize Nature Claims

Anna Ermakova, Martin Terry and Keeper Trout It has been brought to our attention that [...]

12
Jun
Legalization versus Decriminalization in the Protection of Peyote

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30
Jul
seedlings
Important words of clarification

Recently we submitted a letter to Senator Wiener‘s office voicing our support for cultivation of [...]

05
Apr
peyotes in Prague
Number of greenhouses required to grow a million peyote

Number of greenhouses required per million peyotes; with an intended annual harvesting rotation cycle capable [...]

26
Mar
CCI Requests SB519 Amendment for Legal Cultivation in California

Today we sent a letter to Sen. Wiener concerning SB 519 and expressing our support [...]

08
Mar
Peyote Files Documentary

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10
Feb
Remembering Blake’s artistic skills

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21
Sep
A Tribute To Our Co-Founder Martin Terry

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18
Jun
The Origins of the Naming of Lophophora Williamsii

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15
May
A Special Thanks To A Wonderful Partner

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28
Apr
CCI Launches New Fundraising Campaign

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27
Apr
Texas Peyote Culture

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20
Apr
A Special Thanks to our Co-Founder, Steve Van Heiden

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09
Apr
Meet our new Board members

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02
Apr
BBNP peyote is now extirpated (i.e. made locally extinct)

You may recall this beautiful specimen of Lophophora williamsii that had been planted in weathered volcanic [...]

30
Jun
Lophophora williamsii harvesting; regrowth & mortality.

2019 Update. 17 May 2019; summary by Keeper Trout, Anya Ermakova & Martin Terry. The [...]

17
May
Exciting Progress!

Rather than make a new post for a single image, here is a visual update [...]

02
Apr
Say hello to our newest board member

We welcome Kevin Feeney to the CCI Board of Directors as our newest member. He [...]

05
Jan
To our friends and supporters

Reflections and transitions The end of the year — after the last cactus flower  has folded its [...]

02
Jan
Towards another year.

At the Cactus Conservation Institute, we are passionate about thepreservation of vulnerable cactus species and, [...]

30
Dec
Peyote sales reported 1986–2016

This is the total of legal peyote sales that were reported to the Texas Department [...]

28
Nov
Another article on peyote

Alvaro Cespedes recently created a nice news article about peyote that included interviewing Dr.  Terry. See [...]

21
Nov
Progress!

The wall materials have been delivered! The material shown for the exterior walls is essentially [...]

25
Sep
Javelina

Not the best images but I felt fortunate to get these. Tayassu tajacu AKA javelina [...]

17
Sep
An exciting development

Conducting and publishing good scientific research on the cactus species which are experiencing human pressure [...]

08
Sep
South Texas in March 2018

Some cacti that we encountered in March while we were in South Texas (images and [...]

15
Jul
Early article on peyote

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30
Jun
Presidio County in March 2018

A few images of some of the cacti that we encountered in Presidio County earlier [...]

30
Jun
Turnera diffusa

Another plant that we encountered near the Rio Grande was damiana (Turnera diffusa AKA Turnera [...]

25
Jun
The Wall

Dr. Norma Fowler crafted a very nice letter concerning the impact of Trump’s Wall on [...]

21
Jun
Physaria thamnophila (Rollins & E.A. Shaw) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

This is our first blog post but it is not about a cactus. In March [...]

20
Jun

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  • SUPPORT
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  • RESEARCH
    • Cacti species
      • Astrophytum
      • Echinocereus
      • Lophophora
    • Research topic
      • Anatomy
      • Archaeology
      • Biochemistry
      • Biogeography
      • Conservation and Ecology Research
      • Cultivation
      • Genetics
      • Harvesting Technique
      • Policy and Regulation
      • Regrowth: Long-term Impact of Harvesting on Peyote
      • Trade
    • Peyote Crisis
    • A Tale Of Two Cacti
      • Astrophytum and Lophophora
      • Incidental Harvest of Peyote
    • Button, Button, Who’s Got The Button
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    • Cultivation
    • Land acquisition
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