Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
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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Beds for Violets at Washington Corrections Center: Building SPP’s newest conservation nursery!
By Conrad Ely SPP Ecological Conservation Nursery Coordinator, Shotwell’s Landing Tuesday March 24, a Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) nursery crew—Carl Elliott, Ricky Johnson & I—set out for Shelton to…
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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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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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SPP’s New Lecture Series Certification
by Tiffany Webb, SPP Lecture Series Coordinator This past Thursday at Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC), inmates were recognized for their science and sustainability education achievements! This is a new…
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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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