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Keeper Trout
BornOctober 1957 (age 67)
Other namesTrout, K. Trout, Keeper of the Trout
Occupation(s)Author, photographer, ethnobotanist, archivist, conservationist
Years active1991–present
Organization(s)Erowid, Shulgin Farm, Cactus Conservation Institute, Chihuahuan Desert Preserve Association
Known forBooks, articles, editing, archiving, and conservation efforts
Notable workSacred Cacti, Some Simple Tryptamines, others
Websitetroutsnotes.com
sacredcacti.com

Keeper Trout (born October 1957), also known as Keeper of the Trout, is an American independent scholar in the area of psychedelics and psychedelic plants, especially cacti.[1][2][3][4] He is variously described as an author, photographer, ethnobotanist, archivist, and conservationist.[1][3][4]

Trout first became interested in the psychedelic experience in 1972 when he was 14 years old.[1][5] He studied chemistry and microbiology at university in Texas.[4] Trout worked as a lapidarist but eventually was unable to continue doing this work due having come down with encephalitis which had led to unilateral blindness and loss of his depth perception.[5] In 1991, he pivoted direction and started working more publicly in the area of psychedelics.[5] In 1993, he met Alexander and Ann Shulgin and others at a psychedelic conference and they encouraged him to start writing.[1][5] He has since written numerous books and other publications on psychedelic plants and alkaloids, including his notable Trout's Notes series.[1][2][3][4][5] His books are published by Mydriatic Productions, a division of Better Days Publishing.

Trout was formerly a technical editor of the Entheogen Review.[3][4] He is a co-founder and board member of the Cactus Conservation Institute and a board member of the Chihuahuan Desert Preserve Association.[1][6][3][5] He does work for Erowid and Transform Press, is a board member of the Shulgin Farm, and works at the Shulgin Archive digitizing the materials of Alexander Shulgin.[1][3][5]

Selected publications

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  • Trout's Notes: A Simple Alkaloid Volatizer (1995/1998)[7]
  • Trout's Notes on Cultivation of Desmanthus for Rootbark Production (1995/2000)[8]
  • Trout's Notes: The Peyote Crisis & Some Suggestions (1995/1998/1999/2001)
  • Trout's Notes on the Genus Desmodium (1996/2004)[9]
  • Trout's Notes on the Cultivation & Propagation of Cacti (1996/1999/2001)[10]
  • Trout's Notes: Summary of the Reported Occurrences of Mescaline (1997/1999/2001)
  • Trout's Notes on Ayahuasca and Ayahuasca Alkaloids (1997/1998) (subsequently titled Ayahuasca: Alkaloids, Plants & Analogs (2004))[11]
  • Trout's Notes: Tryptamines from Higher Plants (1997/1998)[12]
  • Trout's Notes on the Acacia Species Reported to Contain Tryptamines and/or Beta-Carbolines (1997/1998)[13]
  • Sacred Cacti and Some Selected Succulents: Botany, Chemistry, Cultivation and Utilization (later titled simply Sacred Cacti) (1997/2001/2006/2015)[14][15]
  • Trout's Notes: 5-Bromo- and 5,6-Dibromo-DMT Fact Sheet (1997)
  • Trout's Notes on Cactus Chemistry by Species (1999/2013)[16][17]
  • Ayahuasca Analogues and Plant-Based Tryptamines: The Best of The Entheogen Review 1992–1999 (2000)[18]
  • Some Simple Tryptamines (2002/2007)[19]
  • Trout's Notes on Some Other Succulents (2004) (from Sacred Cacti)[20]
  • Trout's Notes Tryptamine Content of Arundo donax (2004)[21]
  • Desmanthus leptolobus (2004)[22]
  • Trout's Notes on San Pedro & Related Trichocereus Species (2005)[23]

Journal articles

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Book chapters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Psychedelics Today (9 April 2024). "Preserving Psychedelic Legacies: Shulgin Farm and the Shulgin Archive Project (Featuring: Keeper Trout)". Psychedelics Today. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b Labate, Beatriz Caiuby; Cavnar, Clancy (18 January 2016). Peyote: History, Tradition, Politics, and Conservation. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 979-8-216-12805-2. Retrieved 19 May 2025. KEEPER TROUT is an independent researcher and scholar. He has authored a series of information literature under the title of Trout's Notes [...] and volunteers as a photographer for the Cactus Conservation Institute [...]. Trout's present interests are focused on edible and medicinal fungal propagation.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Prance, Ghillean T.; McKenna, Dennis J.; Loenen, Ben de; Davis, Wade (2018). Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs: 50th Anniversary Symposium, June 6- 8, 2017. Synergetic Press. ISBN 978-0-907791-69-0. Retrieved 19 May 2025. Keeper Trout: Self-taught ethnobotanist, scholar and photographer. Author of Trout's Notes series of ethnobotanical references, formerly technical editor of The Entheogen Review. He is active in the Cactus Conservation Institute and the Shulgin Archives Project.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Erowid Keeper Trout Vault". www.erowid.org. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g TheRoundTripProject (15 October 2024). "An Interview with Keeper Trout" (Podcast). TheRoundTripProject.
  6. ^ Lekhtman, Alexander (20 September 2022). "National Indigenous Church Urges Congress to Protect Peyote Habitat". Filter. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Trout's Notes on Tryptamines - A Simple Alkaloid Volatizer" (PDF). troutsnotes.com. p. 214. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  8. ^ "Erowid Library/Bookstore : 'Trout's Notes on Cultivation of Desmanthus for Rootbark Production'". www.erowid.org. Archived from the original on 2025-04-01. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  9. ^ "Trout's Notes on the Genus Desmodium" (PDF). troutsnotes.com. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  10. ^ "Trout's Notes on the Cultivation & Propagation of Cacti" (PDF). troutsnotes.com. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  11. ^ "Erowid Online Books : "Ayahuasca: alkaloids, plants, and analogs" by Keeper of the Trout". www.erowid.org. Archived from the original on 2024-06-20. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  12. ^ "Trout's Notes - Tryptamines from Higher Plants". www.erowid.org. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  13. ^ "Trout's Notes on the Acacia species reported to contain Tryptamines and/or β-Carbolines" (PDF). web.archive.org. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  14. ^ "Erowid Library/Bookstore : 'Sacred Cacti and Some Selected Succulents'". www.erowid.org. Archived from the original on 2025-05-18. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  15. ^ "Sacred Cacti 4th ed. – Trout's Notes". troutsnotes.com. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  16. ^ "Erowid Library/Bookstore : 'Trout's Notes on Cactus Chemistry by Species'". www.erowid.org. Archived from the original on 2025-02-24. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  17. ^ "Trout's Notes on Cactus Chemistry By Species" (PDF). troutsnotes.com. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  18. ^ "Ayahuasca Analogues and Plant-Based Tryptamines: The Best of The Entheogen Review 1992–1999" (PDF). www.erowid.org. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  19. ^ "Some Simple Tryptamines" (PDF). troutsnotes.com. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  20. ^ "Trout's Notes on Some Other Succulents" (PDF). troutsnotes.com. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  21. ^ "Erowid Arundo donax Vaults : Trout's Notes on Tryptamine Content of Arundo donax". www.erowid.org. Archived from the original on 2024-10-02. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  22. ^ "Desmanthus leptolobus". www.troutsnotes.com. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  23. ^ "Trout's Notes on San Pedro & Related Trichocereus Species" (PDF). troutsnotes.com. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
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