Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
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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Inmate Frog Technicians Experiment with Cricket Rearing
Inmate Frog Technicians Experiment with Cricket Rearing by: Inmate Frog Technicians at Cedar Creek Corrections Center Editor’s note: Below is a message from our frog technicians at CCCC, who are…
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SPP Plant Profile: Early-Blue Violet (Viola adunca)
By Graduate Research Associate Evan Hayduk Basic information: Viola adunca, or early-blue violet, is a short perennial with short slender rhizomes. Leaves are alternate, heart shaped to ovate. The flowers…
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SPP Plant Profile: Roemer’s Fescue (Festuca roemeri)
By Graduate Research Associate Evan Hayduk Festuca Roemeri, Roemer’s Fescue This is the first installment in a new series of pieces we are calling our plant profiles. Over the coming…
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December Butterfly Update
December Butterfly Update By Inmate Butterfly Technicians at Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women Editor’s note: Below is a message from our butterfly rearing technicians at MCCCW, who are currently…
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Inmate Technicians Attend Annual Species Recovery Conferences
Inmate Technicians Attend Annual Species Recovery Conferences By Graduate Research Associate Dennis Aubrey For the first time in the history of the SPP, inmate technicians were able to attend annual…
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