Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Guest Blogger: Babel goes to prison
Babel goes to prison Editor’s note: This post was written by former SPP staff member Alicia LeDuc, who recently spent several months volunteering in Tanzania. She returned to Washington and shared…
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SPP Plant Profile: Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum)
SPP Plant Profile: Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum) By Graduate Research Associate Evan Hayduk Basic Information: Lomatium utriculatum, or Spring Gold, grows in upright clumps with mostly basal leaves. Leaf blades…
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Inmate Frog Technicians Experiment with Cricket Rearing
Inmate Frog Technicians Experiment with Cricket Rearing by: Inmate Frog Technicians at Cedar Creek Corrections Center Editor’s note: Below is a message from our frog technicians at CCCC, who are…
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Foundation Donations Provide Support for SPP!
By SPP Project Manager Kelli Bush The Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) recently received generous donations from two different family foundations. The funds from the first donation will be used…
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SPP Plant Profile: Harsh Indian Paintbush (Castilleja hispida)
By Graduate Research Associate Evan Hayduk Basic information: Castilleja hispida, or harsh Indian paintbrush, grows in a cluster from a woody perennial base with many fine hairs throughout. Its leaves…
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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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