Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
High diapause survival and a successful release for the butterfly program at MCCCW
by Graduate Research Assistant Dennis Aubrey Diapause Survival Congratulations and thanks are in order for the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly technicians and staff at Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women…
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Butterfly Techs at Mission Creek Helping with the Evergreen Environmental Observation Network
Butterfly Techs at Mission Creek Helping with the Evergreen Environmental Observation Network By Dennis Aubrey, SPP Graduate Research Assistant & Taylor’s checkerspot program coordinator While the Taylor’s checkerspot caterpillars at…
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Celebrating a Successful Inaugural Season for the Butterfly Program at Mission Creek
Celebrating a Successful Inaugural Season for the Butterfly Program at Mission Creek by Graduate Research Associate Dennis Aubrey The Sustainability in Prisons Project’s newest program, the rearing of Taylor’s checkerspot…
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SPP Butterfly Internship Experience
SPP Butterfly Internship Experience by SPP Undergraduate Intern Chelsea Oldenburg Editor’s Note: SPP has had the pleasure of working with three wonderful Evergreen undergraduate interns during this spring quarter. Over…
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Inmates Participate in Egg Mass Surveying at West Rocky Prairie
Inmates Participate in Egg Mass Surveying at West Rocky Prairie, 2.28.12 By SPP Graduate Research Associate Andrea Martin When Julie Tyson, a biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and…
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SPP Plant Profile: Golden Paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta)
SPP Plant Profile: Golden Paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta) By Graduate Research Associate Evan Hayduk Basic information: Castilleja levisecta is an endangered perennial herb that can grow up to 20 inches tall…
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