Plant shade trees beside Dinuba's bare bus stops

Riders in Dinuba wait for buses on bare concrete pads in triple-digit heat with no shade for a hundred feet in any direction. A tree planted beside each stop is the cheapest bus shelter the Valley can buy. Standard: CalEPA Urban Heat Island Index + city street-tree guidance; SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities. Proof: Each stop photographed with its planted, mulched, watered tree Method (CalEPA Urban Heat Island Index + city street-tree guidance; SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities.): 1. Confirm the marked stop-adjacent planting spots and call 811 before digging. 2. Dampen the soil, dig each hole twice the root-ball width at grade depth, and set the tree with the flare exposed. 3. Backfill, water in, shape a basin, and lay a mulch ring off the trunk. 4. Photograph each stop with its new tree, wide and close, with GPS and date. Done when: Each stop photographed with its planted, mulched, watered tree

Where

Bus stops along Alta Ave, Dinuba, CA 93618

Pay

$220 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

Each stop photographed with its planted, mulched, watered tree

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-09-03

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 30–60 minutes. Method of record: i-Tree canopy / street-tree inventory

Bring

• GPS phone
• DBH tape or measuring tape
• tree ID reference
• camera
• hi-vis vest

Steps

1. 1. Walk the corridor; record a GPS waypoint at each tree.
2. 2. Photograph each surveyed tree.
3. 3. Record species (best estimate), condition class (good/fair/poor/dead), and DBH (diameter at breast height).
4. 4. Count vacant planting sites.
5. 5. Enter the per-tree records, vacant-site count, GPS, photos into the proof record; sign.

If it does not match the plan

• Dead or hazardous tree observed -> flag for the responsible agency (no removal by surveyor).
• High vacant-site count -> recommend a planting plan for the corridor.

What counts as done

• Per-tree species + condition + DBH recorded
• Vacant planting sites counted
• GPS waypoint per tree
• Photo per surveyed tree

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.