the Salinas River corridor near San Ardo, Monterey County, CA
Check an accessible Salinas River bank reach for stream health, reach 1 -- the Salinas River corridor near San Ardo, Monterey County, CA.
A surveyor on dry ground at the Salinas River corridor near San Ardo photographs the riffle and visible algae with a camera and logs a GPS waypoint, adding a photo record of stream health. Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $85 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- Proofdocument-only stand-off observation from the accessible bank + GPS + photo log + ranked follow-on note
- Open until2026-10-23
- Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
Check an accessible Salinas River bank reach for stream health, reach 1 -- the Salinas River corridor near San Ardo, Monterey County, CA. The Salinas River is the Salinas Valley's primary watershed, and no volunteer-level bioassessment record exists for this accessible bank reach near San Ardo to feed a watershed-health baseline.
Fund it for $85. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.
Safety, read before you claim
Do not enter the river or wade; observe and photograph from dry ground at a safe distance from the water's edge. Never work alone on an unstable bank, and stay well back from undercut edges; wear a life jacket (PFD) in moving water or wherever there is a danger of drowning.
The full safety list for this job:
- Document only: observe and photograph from the accessible bank, standing on dry ground, at a safe distance from the water's edge.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Bring
- kick net or D-frame net
- white sorting tray
- forceps
- sample jars + ethanol
- family-level ID key
- GPS phone
- waders/boots
- camera
Steps
- 1. Navigate to a riffle habitat; record GPS; photograph the reach.
- 2. Disturb the substrate upstream of the net for a fixed time/area (kick sample) per RBP.
- 3. Transfer the catch to the sorting tray; pick and sort organisms.
- 4. Identify to family; tally counts; record EPT (Ephemeroptera/Plecoptera/Trichoptera) taxa.
- 5. Compute the biotic index score from the tally.
- 6. Note substrate and habitat condition.
- 7. Enter tally, EPT count, index score, GPS, photos into the proof record; sign.
What counts as done
- Photos of the bank condition and any visible macroinvertebrate/algae indicators taken from the bank, no entry into the water
- GPS waypoint at each observation point along the accessible bank
- Date/time and approximate water clarity/flow noted
- Ranked note flagging any bank segment needing riparian buffer restoration
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
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, plus one Vealth service fee of 10% shown apart; the worker is paid the whole 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_1784854255593_mqshbak","funderWallet":"0xYOU"}.
Claiming is free. You sign to prove the wallet is yours: no card, no deposit, no fee. Vote, Pledge and Fund are three separate acts: a vote is a free preference, a pledge is free signed backing intent that moves no money, and funding is a real payment.
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.
Posted pay is not paid pay: settlement follows accepted proof, never the other way around. Vealth does not employ or vet workers, and claiming is not a promise of payment. See how proof and receipts work.
Other acts: vote, pledge, fund
Packet WORK_1784854255593_mqshbak