Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
SPP Graduate Research Assistants Present Theses
By Fiona Edwards, SPP Graduate Research Assistant Recently three of SPP’s graduate research assistants completed their Master of Environmental Studies theses and presented their findings to an audience of faculty,…
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Spring Showers Bring Prairie Flowers
By Fiona Edwards, Graduate Research Assistant Several Fridays ago, SPP hosted a Prairie Tour at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in order to share the rare landscape with WDOC and TESC…
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Filmmaker visits two prisons
By Joslyn Rose Trivett Last week, New York visual artist and filmmaker Rosemarie Padovano visited Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) and Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW). She…
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Ecological Conservation and Service from a Member of the Prairie Crew
Poem by Michael Brown Introduction by Carl Elliott, SPP Ecological Conservation and Restoration Coordinator While working with the dedicated prairie crew from CCCC, the spring quickly blows by and work is often…
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Cat Program at WSP Has Staff & Inmates Smiling, Cats Purring
By Marina House, DOC Staff at the Washington State Penitentiary I just wanted to share my observations concerning the success of the cat program. When we found out we were…
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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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