Install symbolic closure fencing around a flagged Kemp's ridley nesting zone at Isla Blanca Park, site 1, Isla Blanca Park (Cameron County Parks and Recreation Department), 33174 State Park Rd. 100 N., South Padre Island, TX 78597 (public county park where the Lower Laguna Madre meets the Gulf of Mexico at Brazos Santiago Pass, across the Queen Isabella Causeway from Port Isabel) (2026-07-29)

The survey above found a flagged Kemp's ridley nesting zone at Isla Blanca Park with no symbolic fencing or signage, and putting up rope and post closure fencing on the dry sand around it, well clear of the nest itself, keeps beachgoers and vehicles from disturbing it through hatching. Standard: NOAA coastal habitat assessment (eelgrass, kelp, and salt marsh extent and condition), applied here to the Lower Laguna Madre hypersaline lagoon system at Port Isabel and Isla Blanca Park, Cameron County, Texas, one of only a few hypersaline lagoon systems on Earth and home to the largest seagrass beds in Texas. SDG 14.2. Proof: before after photos plus perimeter length record plus signage photo plus GPS Method (NOAA coastal habitat assessment (eelgrass, kelp, and salt marsh extent and condition), applied here to the Lower Laguna Madre hypersaline lagoon system at Port Isabel and Isla Blanca Park, Cameron County, Texas, one of only a few hypersaline lagoon systems on Earth and home to the largest seagrass beds in Texas. SDG 14.2.): 1. 1. Confirm the flagged nesting zone boundary with the survey's landmark note and photograph the unmarked or damaged segment before starting. 2. 2. Set wooden posts by hand at the zone's perimeter on dry sand above the tide line, hand tools only, no power equipment. 3. 3. Run rope between the posts and mount closure signage explaining the nesting zone, staying well clear of any marked nest. 4. 4. Photograph the finished, fenced zone from the matching before vantage and record the perimeter length enclosed. Done when: before after photos plus perimeter length record plus signage photo plus GPS

Where

Isla Blanca Park (Cameron County Parks and Recreation Department), 33174 State Park Rd. 100 N., South Padre Island, TX 78597 (public county park where the Lower Laguna Madre meets the Gulf of Mexico at Brazos Santiago Pass, across the Queen Isabella Causeway from Port Isabel)

Pay

$145 proposed

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Proof

before after photos plus perimeter length record plus signage photo plus GPS

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Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-10-28

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.