Text and photos by Western Pond Turtle Program Coordinator, Sadie Gilliom
Cedar Creek and Larch Corrections Centers programs just received new turtles last week!
New turtle at Larch Corrections Center
New turtle at Cedar Creek Corrections Center
These turtles just finished their treatments at PAWS wildlife rehabilitation center and the…
Text and photos by Sadie Gilliom, SPP Western Pond Turtle Program Coordinator
After a few months of waiting, Cedar Creek and Larch Corrections Centers have each received a new batch of turtles for their Western Pond Turtle Rehabilitation Programs!
One particularly adorable turtle who recently arrived at Cedar Creek.
During this waiting…
Co-Authored by Western Pond Turtle Technicians Taylour Eldridge and William Anglemyer
On Monday October 3rd, turtle 4176 was released from the Turtle Rehabilitation program at Cedar Creek Corrections Center . She had been there for quite some time—about 4 months, with a month long intermission at PAWS wildlife rehabilitation center in Lynnwood, WA—then back…
by Sadie Gilliom, SPP Western Pond Turtle Program Coordinator, and Mr. Goff, SPP Turtle Technician
Photos by Sadie Gilliom, except where noted
On May 18th, 2016, Larch Corrections Center released its first nine turtles into a pond in Klickitat County. These were state-listed endangered western pond turtles that received care at Larch. The…
by Sadie Gilliom, Western Pond Turtle Program Coordinator
SPP’s Director for Washington Corrections, Steve Sinclair, holds a western pond turtle just before releasing it in a Pierce County wetland. The endangered species received care from conservation technicians at Cedar Creek Corrections Center. Photo by Kelli Bush.
On April 14th, four…
by Kelli Bush, SPP Program Manager
WDFW Biologist Stefani Bergh, Facilities Manager Terry Hettinger, and the new turtle technicians discuss how to care for western pond turtles at Larch Corrections Center. Photo by Carl Elliott.
It has been an exciting year at Larch Corrections Center (LCC) as two new SPP…
We recently hired two new inmate technicians that bring exciting new skills to the Frog and Turtle Program! Inmate technician Anglemyer is an aspiring journalist and inmate technician Boysen has skills in plumbing and mechanics. Both technicians have already proven to be great assets to the frog and turtle program…
by Sadie Gilliom, SPP Frog and Turtle Program Coordinator
The Amazing Turtle Shed. Photo by Mr. Bruce Carley
The horticulture program at Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) needed storage for their tools, and started using the turtle program’s shed. Soon it became apparent that the turtle program would require a…
By Sadie Gilliom, SPP Graduate Research Assistant
Sadie teaching teen summer campers from Thurston County how to identify native trees at Mount Rainier National Park. Photo by Alex Gilliom.
Greetings Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) followers!
My name is Sadie Gilliom. I am the new Oregon Spotted Frog and Western Pond Turtle Program…
Mikala Waldrup
Western Pond Turtle Rehabilitation Program Coordinator . The Evergreen State College, MES
Mikala originally hails from St. Louis, Missouri. After earning their undergrad degree in Recreation Administration, they joined…