Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
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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DOC Enables Former Frog Technician to Join in the Annual OSF Release Event
DOC Enables Former Frog Technician to Join in the Annual OSF Release Event by Graduate Research Associate Sarah Weber The Sustainable Prisons Project is so excited that we were able…
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Annual Oregon spotted frog release!
Annual Oregon spotted frog release! By Graduate Research Associate Sarah Weber On a crisp fall day at the end of October, participating Oregon spotted frog (OSF) rearing partners gathered for…
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