As part of the Sustainable Prisons Project (www.sustainableprisons.org), Cedar Creek Corrections Center is trying to raise crickets to feed their quickly growing endangered Oregon spotted frogs to ready them for release into the wild. They currently order crickets from Louisiana, which are shipped overnight to the prison in Littlerock, Washington. This is not only expensive; it also creates a large carbon footprint. The inmates have been experimenting with raising their own crickets and have had some success, but in order to feed 85 rapidly growing Oregon spotted frogs they need to expand their raising capacity.
This means they need more aquarium tanks. They are looking for tanks of 10 and 20 gallons (approximately 6 tanks of each size) and are gladly accepting donations. If you happen to live in the Olympia area and have an old aquarium sitting in your garage that you just don’t know what to do with and would like to support our project please contact Liesl Plomski or Jill Cooper. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!
Liesl Plomski
Research Associate
Sustainable Prisons Project
The Evergreen State College
plolie07@evergreen.edu
Jill Cooper
Research Associate
Sustainable Prisons Project
The Evergreen State College
coojil27cr@evergreen.edu
5 Comments:
Seattle Web Designer
Now who is going to work to save the crickets?
amber r
You should post this to olyblog.net if you havent already
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