In late September, NCAP's Healthy Food and Farm (HFF) team, Christina and Sidney, spent two days at Shoshone-Bannock Fort Hall Indian Reservation with the tribal community to plant young Pinyon Pine (Pinus monophylla) trees. The Pinyon Project started over two years ago through the partnership that NCAP has with the Sho-Ban Tribes, where NCAP supports tribally-led efforts to increase their access to culturally-relevant foods in ecologically responsible ways. 

Read more about it at https://www.endangered.org/shoshone-bannocktribal-members-and-the-fort-hall-native-plant-distribution-project/

NCAP's HFF Program Manager Christina breaks earth to plant. 

Burnt Juniper leaves and mycelium. 

The community gathered around tribal member Choice Vaughn. Choice regularly plants native habitat for conservation and demonstrated how to plant the Pinyon and water them in with his home-made, salmon-based fertilizer. 

1 of 100 young Pinyons planted! 

 Choice holding previously burnt plant material that had mycelium. The mycelium was added to the fish fertilizer.