Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting Ecological Conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
A New Season
By Graduate Research Associate Carl Elliot The nursery sowing season at Stafford Creek Correction Center (SCCC) opened amidst mud and construction. Excessive rainfall throughout the spring led to great volumes…
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SPP Research Associates Present Their Theses
By Graduate Research Associate Alicia LeDuc Two of SPP’s former Graduate Research Associates have completed theses for the Master of Environmental Studies program at The Evergreen State College. Liesl Plomski…
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Oregon Spotted Frog Egg Masses Discovered Near Release Site!
By Undergraduate Research Associate Dennis Aubrey The most exciting news imaginable came in last week! Biologist Jim Lynch and his team discovered the first Oregon spotted frog egg masses on…
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WCCW Winter Lecture Series a Success
By Graduate Research Associate Alicia LeDuc SPP’s winter Science and Sustainability Lecture Series at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Gig Harbor, Washington marked another successful season of…
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Frog Project Initiates New Research
By Undergraduate Research Associate Dennis Aubrey Over the winter inmates in SPP’s Oregon Spotted Frog (OSF) program at Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) have been caring for frogs from Northwest…
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SPP Launches a New Partnership with the Research Ambassador Program
By Research Ambassador Program Project Manager Amy Stasch The Sustainable Prisons Project (SPP) recently strengthened its Science and Sustainability Lecture Series with the initiation of a new partnership with the…
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Once a year, SPP reports on all things sustainable happening in Washington State Prisons.