Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Caring for the Community with Coastal Harvest
Text and photos by Amanda Mintz unless otherwise noted. If you have never seen Stafford Creek Corrections Center, you might be surprised; among the fences and gray buildings are one…
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Trying to Find a Balance: The Emergent Vegetated Mats (EVM) Project
Text by Amanda Mintz and Danyl Herringshaw. Photos by Amanda Mintz unless otherwise noted. The goal of an aquaponics system is to mimic nature by recycling nutrients from animal waste…
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Technicians from Cedar Creek participate in turtle release
By Jessica Brown, SPP Turtle Program Coordinator with Biological Science Technicians at CCCC, Darin Armstrong and Noel Priestman. Photos by Jessica Brown Early in April, nine western pond turtles left their…
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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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Turtles plus woodpeckers plus…
Text by Jessica Brown, SPP Turtle Program Coordinator, Philip Fischer, U.S. Forest Service volunteer and Adam Mlady, Biological Science Technician. Photos by Jessica Brown Cedar Creek Corrections Center (Cedar Creek)…
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Biological Science Technician at Cedar Creek speaks about his time with SPP
By John Fitzpatrick, Biological Science Technician at Cedar Creek Corrections Center. Foreword and photos by Jessica Brown, SPP Turtle Program Coordinator. When John Fitzpatrick applied and interviewed for an opening…
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