Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
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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A Convicts Redemption
By Jamar Glenn, Western Pond Turtle Technician Who would’ve thought a turtle’s life was so parallel to mine? I was given a great opportunity to work with an endangered species,…
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So Close to a Million Plants We Can Almost Taste It
By Carl Elliott, SPP Ecological Conservation Nursery Manager SPP’s Ecological Conservation Nursery continue to thrive at three facilities in Washington State: Stafford Creek Corrections Center, Washington Corrections Center for Women,…
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