If you have been reading news about the western part of the United States in the past few months, you wouldn’t be a fool to think lighting a fire in a forest or prairie is a terrible idea. But that’s exactly what a motley collection of prison inmates, Native ecologists, and military base contractors are doing in the state of Washington. Not because they want to see it burn down, but because they want to restore prairie ecosystems. See here how the unlikeliest of teams is working together to save a species of butterfly in the state of Washington.
How inmates, scientists, and government workers are teaming up to save a butterfly
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