Linking Incarceration with Sustainability, Conservation and Restoration

Kelli Bush of the Sustainable Prisons Project will be speaking about this unique collaboration between The Evergreen State College and the Washington Department of Corrections. The mission of the Sustainable Prisons Project is to bring science and nature into prisons. Kelli will talk about how they collaborate with scientists, conservation groups, students, prisons and incarcerated individuals to benefit both people and ecosystems through endangered species recovery and habitat restoration programs.

Tuesday November 15, 2011 7:00 to 8:15 PM REI Olympia 625 Black Lake Blvd. #410 Olympia, WA 98502

Adventure & Conservation Speaker Series: Fly by Night

Tuesday December 13, 2011 7:00 to 8:15 PM REI Olympia 625 Black Lake Blvd. #410 Olympia, WA 98502

John Fleckenstein, a zoologist with WA Dept. of Natural Resources, will talk about bats. More than 900 species of bats are known around the world, but none are as cool as the bats you can watch in your own backyard. John has given many public tours and talks about bats, not to mention spending plenty of time in the field researching them.

Register online at: http://www.rei.com/event/32163/session/40074 or by sending an email to Kathleen Ackley at kathleen@capitollandtrust.org or calling (360) 943-3012.