Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, Swan Quarter, NC
Lead the wetland condition + management report for Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, Swan Quarter NC.
Survey the wetland at quadrat stations, recording native versus invasive plant cover, the dominant invasive species and water level. Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $440 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- Proofquadrat photos + GPS + native/invasive cover + hydrology note
- Open until2027-07-07
- Leveladvanced
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
Survey the wetland at quadrat stations, recording native versus invasive plant cover, the dominant invasive species and water level. Impoundment wetlands at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, Swan Quarter NC support wintering waterfowl but invasive plants and water-level shifts threaten condition; without repeat surveys the trend is unknown.
Fund it for $440. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.
Safety, read before you claim
Work with a partner, never alone; this job asks for no licence. Wear boots and insect protection, stay on stable ground, and keep your distance from wildlife (snakes, alligators), standing water and heat hazards.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Bring
- GPS phone
- quadrat frame
- invasive-species ID reference
- boots
- insect protection
- camera
Steps
- 1. Navigate to the wetland edge; record GPS; stay on stable ground.
- 2. Photograph 3 quadrat stations.
- 3. At each station, estimate percent cover native vs invasive; identify the dominant invasive.
- 4. Note hydrology / water level and any disturbance.
- 5. Enter cover percentages, invasive ID, hydrology, GPS, photos into the proof record; sign.
What counts as done
- Quadrat photos (3 stations)
- GPS waypoints
- Percent cover native vs invasive
- Dominant invasive species ID
- Hydrology / water-level note
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
The standard this serves
Wetland Condition. Wetlands are the landscape's kidneys and nurseries at once: they filter the water, absorb the flood, and raise the young of half the creatures around them. The EPA's rapid assessment gives a trained visitor a way to grade one honestly: the plants present, the water's path, the soil, the wear at the edges. Mastery looks like walking a marsh and knowing, defensibly, how it is doing and what threatens it. This packet is one such visit, one wetland's condition recorded to the method. What is watched can be defended; unwatched wetlands quietly disappear.
What is promised, and what is not
Three separate acts, never one: a vote is a free signed preference that moves no money; a pledge is free signed backing intent, balance-checked, that moves no money and never marks the packet funded; funding is a real payment that backs the wage. Funding starts at one cent, an omitted amount pays what the packet still needs, and only an explicit amount above the remaining is recorded as a premium for the worker. Money settles only on accepted proof. An agent can fund it in one x402 call: POST /nurture/fund {"workId":"WORK_1783448794655_6jlhoa8","funderWallet":"0xYOU"}.
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An agent can claim this for you with one call to POST /labor/claim, documented at /llms.txt.
Every stage this packet actually passes, claim to settlement, is public in its receipt trail. A stage that has not happened is not claimed.
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