Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
New Turtle & Frog Technicians
We recently hired two new inmate technicians that bring exciting new skills to the Frog and Turtle Program! Inmate technician Anglemyer is an aspiring journalist and inmate technician Boysen has…
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Beds for Violets at Washington Corrections Center: Building SPP’s newest conservation nursery!
By Conrad Ely SPP Ecological Conservation Nursery Coordinator, Shotwell’s Landing Tuesday March 24, a Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) nursery crew—Carl Elliott, Ricky Johnson & I—set out for Shelton to…
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Washington State Monarchs Going the Distance
Just like many of us head south to escape the cold dark winters of the Northwest, so do butterflies! The Pacific Northwest Monarch butterfly population is thought to overwinter in…
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The Butterflies Get Their Own Computer
By SPP Taylor’s checkerspot program coordinator Lindsey Hamilton At Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW) four inmate technicians raise Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies as a contribution to the recovery of…
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Prairie Appreciation Day 2014 – Photo Gallery
Photos by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager. To find out more about Prairie Appreciation Day, see the article: Butterflies, flowers and prairies, oh my! by one of SPP’s conservation…
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