Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Fire in the Demonstration Garden
Last month, as part of the ongoing cultivation of the demonstration prairie garden at Shotwell’s Landing nursery, the inmate prairie restoration crew got to burn an area for seeding with…
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Counting the Birds instead of counting the days until summer at Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women
By Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly program coordinator and Graduate Research Assistant, Lindsey Hamilton At Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW) four inmate technicians rear Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies as a contribution…
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CONFOR West
By Dennis Aubrey, Brittany Gallagher, and Andrea Martin In late April three SPP Graduate Research Assistants attended CONFOR West, an annual conference in Western Canada highlighting environmental science, forestry, and…
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High diapause survival and a successful release for the butterfly program at MCCCW
by Graduate Research Assistant Dennis Aubrey Diapause Survival Congratulations and thanks are in order for the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly technicians and staff at Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women…
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Ecological Conservation Nursery Crew Begins Work at WCCW
Ecological Conservation Nursery Crew Begins Work at WCCW By Graduate Research Assistant Brianna Morningred With the completion of two hoop houses, work with the inmate crew at Washington State Correction…
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Butterfly Techs at Mission Creek Helping with the Evergreen Environmental Observation Network
Butterfly Techs at Mission Creek Helping with the Evergreen Environmental Observation Network By Dennis Aubrey, SPP Graduate Research Assistant & Taylor’s checkerspot program coordinator While the Taylor’s checkerspot caterpillars at…
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