In the first installment of our new series, Jessie Rack presents SHORTS from the field!

Today we helped our friends at the Prescott National Forest do some ecosystem restoration up on Spruce Mountain. We used SEEDBALLS, made by kids at the Highlands Center for Natural History.

This area was used as a suppression area during the Crooks Fire and was pretty torn up. Seed balls are a great way to restore habitat in disturbed areas because they're made up of native seeds rolled up in local clay and soil - which protects them from being eaten by predators and provides nutrients for growth. These seed balls contained seeds from a couple of species of penstemon.

Special thanks to NHI's intern, Kiara Fufunan, and to Prescott NF's Ecologist, Francisco Anaya.

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