Anyone can start here · Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso, TX

Hand-build a one-rock check dam in an eroding arroyo reach: Chamizal National Memorial, TX

Desert arroyos cut deeper with every storm, draining the water table and starving vegetation. A hand-placed one-rock dam slows the flow, catches sediment, and lets the channel heal. Site: Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso, TX. Standard: One-rock dam and Zuni bowl erosion control per Quivira Coalition 'Let the Water Do the Work'; surface rock placement only, no digging; SDG 15.3 Proof: before/after photos of the placed one-rock dam + GPS + rock course count Method (One-rock dam per Quivira Coalition practice: read the reach, place a single course of rock across the grade line, keyed by placement not digging, photo verify. Surface placement only., ~90-240 min): 1. Photo the eroding reach as found. 2. Choose the grade line per the one-rock dam pattern. 3. Place a single rock course, tight-fitted, surface only. 4. After photo + course count. Equipment: local rock on site (no imported material), work gloves, camera + GPS phone Done when: Single rock course placed across the grade line, tight-fitted, no digging; Course count and before/after photos from the same vantage + GPS; Local rock only, no imported material

Where: Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso, TX
Pay: $80 proposed
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Proof: before/after photos of the placed one-rock dam + GPS + rock course count
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Level: entry
Open until: 2026-08-23

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 90–240 minutes. Method of record: One-rock dam per Quivira Coalition practice: read the reach, place a single course of rock across the grade line, keyed by placement not digging, photo verify. Surface placement only.

Bring

local rock on site (no imported material)
work gloves
camera + GPS phone

Steps

1. Photo the eroding reach as found.
2. Choose the grade line per the one-rock dam pattern.
3. Place a single rock course, tight-fitted, surface only.
4. After photo + course count.

If it does not match the plan

Rain in the forecast or water flowing: STOP, reschedule
Bank cutting requires excavation to stabilize: STOP, route to a licensed contractor
Rock requires more than a two-person lift: leave it, choose smaller material

What counts as done

Single rock course placed across the grade line, tight-fitted, no digging
Course count and before/after photos from the same vantage + GPS
Local rock only, no imported material

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

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