Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Sustainability at Olympic Corrections Center
Text and photos by Bethany Shepler, SPP Green Track Program Coordinator I recently visited Olympic Corrections Center (OCC) on the Olympic Peninsula near Forks, Washington. OCC is a “camp” for…
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Aquaponics training at Cedar Creek
Text and photos by Keegan Curry, SPP Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Coordinator Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) has partnered with Symbiotic Cycles, LLC to expand the aquaponics system in the prison’s…
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Collaboration is Key
By Amanda Mintz, SPP Wetland Ecological Conservation (EVM) Program Coordinator All photos by Ricky Osborne. The Emergent Vegetated Mats (EVM) program at Stafford Creek Corrections Center emerged from a partnership among many…
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Standing in the gap for each other: Environmental wisdom from Roots of Success
by Grady Mitchel and Anthony Powers, Roots of Success Instructors, Bethany Shepler, SPP Green Track Coordinator, and Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Supervisor Roots of Success (Roots) is…
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A New Wildlife Ecological Conservation Program! Sheep Husbandry at WA State Penitentiary
by SPP Co-Director Kelli Bush Historically, bighorn sheep were widespread in western North America. By the turn of the 20th century, populations had dwindled to near extinction, and recovery efforts…
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First Journeyman Beekeepers Have Graduated From AHCC!
Text by Kay Heinrich, Associate Superintendent, Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC) Photo by AHCC staff. Airway Heights Apiculture is Preparing Apprentice Beekeepers to Become Journeyman and to Raise Queen Honeybees!…
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