Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
The Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Program Releases Another Butterfly
by Liz Louie, SPP Butterfly Technician Introduction by Lindsey Hamilton, SPP Butterfly Program Coordinator Butterfly technician Elizabeth Louie worked with the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly (TCB) program at Mission Creek Corrections…
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Working with the Oregon Spotted Frog
Introduction by SPP Frog and Turtle Program Coordinator, Sadie Gilliom. Blog by SPP Frog and Turtle Program Inmate Technician, Mr. Anglemyer. Mr. Anglemyer, the author of the following blog, is…
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Team building for native violets at Washington Corrections Center
Written June 11, 2015 Joey Burgess, SPP Ecological Conservation Nursery Coordinator and Graduate Research Assistant All photos by Joey Burgess My first two months working with the Sustainability in Prisons…
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Flight of the Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterflies
By Christina Stalnaker, SPP Graduate Research Assistant and Roots of Success Coordinator It was a smaller crowd than usual: two males fluttered around a single female. The lighting was ideal and…
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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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