Reconnect a prairie pothole pair at Cullen Park, site 2, Cullen Park, 19008 Saums Rd, Houston, TX 77084 (public municipal park inside Addicks Reservoir, east of Katy) (2026-07-30)

The survey above found this Cullen Park prairie pothole pair cut off from each other by a mowed berm, and a hand graded shallow surface swale would otherwise restore the sheet flow connection this Katy Prairie wetland mosaic depends on. Standard: US EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment rapid method, applied here to Katy Prairie reservoir-parkland wetlands in Harris County, TX. SDG 6.6 and 15.1. Proof: before after photos plus swale length and depth record plus GPS Method (US EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment rapid method, applied here to Katy Prairie reservoir-parkland wetlands in Harris County, TX. SDG 6.6 and 15.1.): 1. 1. Confirm the pothole pair and berm with Harris County Precinct 3 parks staff and photograph the disconnected pair before starting. 2. 2. Hand shovel and hand rake grade a shallow surface swale through the berm connecting the two potholes, hand tools only, no power equipment. 3. 3. Confirm the swale's low point sheds water from the higher pothole toward the lower one during a rain event. 4. 4. Photograph the graded swale from the matching before vantage and record its length and depth. Done when: before after photos plus swale length and depth record plus GPS

Where

Cullen Park, 19008 Saums Rd, Houston, TX 77084 (public municipal park inside Addicks Reservoir, east of Katy)

Pay

$175 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

before after photos plus swale length and depth record plus GPS

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

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-08-29

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 45–90 minutes. Method of record: EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment (rapid method)

Bring

• GPS phone
• quadrat frame
• invasive-species ID reference
• boots
• insect protection
• camera

Steps

1. 1. Navigate to the wetland edge; record GPS; stay on stable ground.
2. 2. Photograph 3 quadrat stations.
3. 3. At each station, estimate percent cover native vs invasive; identify the dominant invasive.
4. 4. Note hydrology / water level and any disturbance.
5. 5. Enter cover percentages, invasive ID, hydrology, GPS, photos into the proof record; sign.

If it does not match the plan

• Standing water + wildlife (snakes/alligators) -> maintain distance; never sample alone.
• High invasive cover -> flag for a management/removal plan.

What counts as done

• Percent cover native vs invasive recorded at 3 stations
• Dominant invasive species identified
• Hydrology / water-level note recorded
• GPS waypoints + quadrat photos

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.