Check the shoreline plants at Indiana Dunes National Park shoreline, Porter IN (2026-07-07)

The shoreline at Indiana Dunes National Park shoreline, Porter IN is home to seagrass and marsh plants that protect the coast and feed young fish, but no one has checked lately whether they are healthy. Walk it at low tide and note what is growing and what looks stressed. Standard: NOAA eelgrass extent + condition; SDG 14.2 Proof: low-tide photos + GPS + patch extent + shoot density + condition Method (NOAA coastal habitat (eelgrass / salt marsh) extent + condition, ~60-120 min): 1. Check the tide table; plan to work the low tide; tell someone your plan and return time. 2. Navigate to the habitat edge; record GPS waypoints along the patch/edge. 3. Photograph the meadow/marsh at low tide. 4. Record shoot/stem density per quadrat and estimate patch extent (or edge scarp height for marsh). 5. Note condition (epiphytes, dieback, wrack) and adjacent land use/armoring. 6. Enter density, extent, condition, GPS, photos into the proof record; sign. Equipment: tide table, GPS phone, quadrat frame, measuring tape, boots/waders, camera Done when: Density (shoots/stems per quadrat) recorded; Patch extent or edge position recorded via GPS; Condition + adjacent-use note recorded; Low-tide photos + GPS waypoints

Where

Indiana Dunes National Park shoreline, Porter IN

Pay

$80 proposed

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Proof

low-tide photos + GPS + patch extent + shoot density + condition

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-10-06

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 60–120 minutes. Method of record: NOAA coastal habitat (eelgrass / salt marsh) extent + condition

Bring

• tide table
• GPS phone
• quadrat frame
• measuring tape
• boots/waders
• camera

Steps

1. 1. Check the tide table; plan to work the low tide; tell someone your plan and return time.
2. 2. Navigate to the habitat edge; record GPS waypoints along the patch/edge.
3. 3. Photograph the meadow/marsh at low tide.
4. 4. Record shoot/stem density per quadrat and estimate patch extent (or edge scarp height for marsh).
5. 5. Note condition (epiphytes, dieback, wrack) and adjacent land use/armoring.
6. 6. Enter density, extent, condition, GPS, photos into the proof record; sign.

If it does not match the plan

• Soft mud / rising tide -> stop and retreat; safety over data.
• Edge retreat or heavy dieback observed -> flag for living-shoreline / protection planning.

What counts as done

• Density (shoots/stems per quadrat) recorded
• Patch extent or edge position recorded via GPS
• Condition + adjacent-use note recorded
• Low-tide photos + GPS waypoints

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.