Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Growing Plants and Potential: Stafford Creek Nursery Project
Carl Elliott, one of our Graduate student Research Associates, has been documenting his work with the project since April. The following are a few of his entries. Introduction 4/01/2010 Throughout…
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Offenders take college credit at Evergreen
Posted by Graduate Research Associate Liesl Plomski Cedar Creek Correction Center inmate, Charles Butts, recently completed a 2 credit research paper on photovoltaic cells with The Evergreen State College. Charles…
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The Early Bird Gets the Worm
Posted by undergraduate research assistant Sarelle Caicedo It’s 6 AM, and while most people are still sleeping at this point, this is the prime time of the day for bird…
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Earth Day, Sustainable Prisons Project Style
Posted by undergraduate research associate Sarelle Caicedo. Earth Day is here! People are often very creative in the ways they celebrate, and there seems to be no exception with Washington…
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New Frogs Have Arrived!
Posted by Graduate Research Associate Liesl Plomski Cedar Creek Correction Center kicked off their 2010 Oregon spotted frog rearing season in late March. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife delivered…
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Frog Project Receives Grant from Oregon Zoo Foundation
Posted by Graduate Research Associate Liesl Plomski This April, Cedar Creek Correction Center was awarded a $4,375 grant from the Oregon Zoo Foundation to expand the Oregon spotted frog captive…
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