Document a Kemp's ridley nesting zone lacking closure fencing 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)

This Gulf beach segment at Isla Blanca Park, where the Lower Laguna Madre meets the Gulf of Mexico, is real Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting habitat, and a zone the licensed nesting patrol program has flagged has no symbolic closure fencing or signage yet to keep beachgoers off it. 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: document only stand off photo log plus fencing status note plus GPS plus ranked follow on note 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. From the public beach access path at Isla Blanca Park, photograph a nesting zone segment the licensed nesting patrol program has already flagged, without approaching any marked nest. 2. 2. Note whether the segment carries symbolic rope and post fencing and signage, or is unmarked. 3. 3. Photograph the nearest beach access sign or landmark for reference. 4. 4. Record a ranked follow on note naming the segment for the protection fencing install crew. Done when: document only stand off photo log plus fencing status note plus GPS plus ranked follow on note

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

$90 proposed

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Proof

document only stand off photo log plus fencing status note plus GPS plus ranked follow on note

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Level

entry

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.