Carri J. LeRoy, Ph.D.
Freshwater Ecology LabMedia coverage
(a selection, in order of impact)
The New York Times. September 27, 2012. Raising Frogs for Freedom, Prison Project Opens Doors
Associated Press (over 75 papers nationwide; international news). September 22, 2012. Prison Inmates Save Endangered Species At Cedar Creek Corrections Center
PBS NewsHour. May 17, 2016. Do call it a comeback — how the checkerspot butterfly found salvation in a women’s prison.
Nature News. August 09, 2012. Prisoners pitch in to save endangered butterfly.
Discover Magazine. August 09, 2012. Prisoners Do Science, Help to Save Endangered Butterfly.
Conservation Magazine. December 2011. Captive Breeding: Behind bars, prisoners work to rehabilitate endangered species. Dawn Stover, photos by Benj Drummond.
NPR Earth Notes. 2005. Cottonwood leaf litter influences in-stream communities and processes.
The Christian Science Monitor. October 14, 2004. Life under one tree’s rule?
The Seattle Times. October 2011. Inmates training to raise rare butterflies from artillery range.
Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife News Bulletin. January 29, 2016. Study looks at how interaction of leaf litter, salmon carcasses impacts nutrients in salmon spawning.
Documentary film. A Thousand Invisible Cords: Connecting Genes to Ecosystems. 2012.
Video: Environmental Analysis. 2011.
For a complete list of press, see Press Archive.