Inmates in the Washington State prison system have been highly successful in raising Oregon spotted frogs, an endangered species, for reintroduction in Puget Sound. The project, a collaboration between Evergreen State College, the Washington State Department of Corrections, and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, formed out of a partnership begun by Nalini Nadkarni (2004). She has also helped start a project involving the college, the prison system, and The Nature Conservancy to raise endangered prairie grasses to reseed meadows at Fort Lewis. Read recent coverage of the frog and prairie grass projects here.
