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Prisoner Harry Greer holds two endangered Oregon spotted frogs at Cedar Hills Correction Center. Photo by Sarah Waller.
Raising Endangered Frogs in Prison
Sarah Waller
10/23/2009
There are 15 prisons in Washington. But, only one has a 300–gallon tank filled with endangered frogs. It's Cedar Creek Corrections Center outside of Olympia. Two inmates there are rearing Oregon Spotted frogs in a converted garden shed. It's part of an effort to reintroduce the endangered amphibians to their habitat in Western Washington. The prisoners have had an amazing success rate. 85 percent of their frogs have survived – more than any of the scientists doing parallel studies at the Woodland Park Zoo, Northwest Trek, and the Oregon Zoo. KUOW's Sarah Waller went to Cedar Creek Corrections Center to meet the prisoners who are giving the endangered frogs a second chance.
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