Plant a shade tree at the Kingsville university campus, well 4, the public Texas A&M University-Kingsville campus grounds in Kingsville, TX 78363, Kleberg County (2026-07-31)

The public university campus grounds in Kingsville have bare, unshaded ground near walkways and gathering areas in the extreme South Texas coastal sand-plain summer heat, and a right sized native shade tree closes that gap. Standard: i-Tree canopy protocol; SDG 11.7, applied here to the public university campus grounds shade canopy in Kingsville, TX, Kleberg County, in the extreme South Texas summer heat of the coastal sand plain. Proof: GPS waypoint plus before after photos of root flare at grade plus mulch and watering basin confirm plus species and staking record Reference method for the urban_canopy standard (i-Tree canopy / street-tree inventory, ~30-60 min): 1. Walk the corridor; record a GPS waypoint at each tree. 2. Photograph each surveyed tree. 3. Record species (best estimate), condition class (good/fair/poor/dead), and DBH (diameter at breast height). 4. Count vacant planting sites. 5. Enter the per-tree records, vacant-site count, GPS, photos into the proof record; sign. Equipment: GPS phone, DBH tape or measuring tape, tree ID reference, camera, hi-vis vest Done when: GPS waypoint recorded inside the posting radius on utility cleared ground; Before and after photos showing the root flare visible at grade; Mulch applied 2 to 3 inches deep and held off the trunk, with a watering basin formed and watered in; Species and any staking (with a removal date) recorded in the proof

Where

the public Texas A&M University-Kingsville campus grounds in Kingsville, TX 78363, Kleberg County

Pay

$340 proposed

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Proof

GPS waypoint plus before after photos of root flare at grade plus mulch and watering basin confirm plus species and staking record

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-08-30

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 30–60 minutes. Method of record: i-Tree canopy / street-tree inventory

Bring

• GPS phone
• DBH tape or measuring tape
• tree ID reference
• camera
• hi-vis vest

Steps

1. 1. Walk the corridor; record a GPS waypoint at each tree.
2. 2. Photograph each surveyed tree.
3. 3. Record species (best estimate), condition class (good/fair/poor/dead), and DBH (diameter at breast height).
4. 4. Count vacant planting sites.
5. 5. Enter the per-tree records, vacant-site count, GPS, photos into the proof record; sign.

If it does not match the plan

• Dead or hazardous tree observed -> flag for the responsible agency (no removal by surveyor).
• High vacant-site count -> recommend a planting plan for the corridor.

What counts as done

• GPS waypoint recorded inside the posting radius on utility cleared ground
• Before and after photos showing the root flare visible at grade
• Mulch applied 2 to 3 inches deep and held off the trunk, with a watering basin formed and watered in
• Species and any staking (with a removal date) recorded in the proof

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Urban Canopy. Urban canopy is the layer of leaves over a city, and it is infrastructure as surely as the pipes below the street: shade that cools a block in a heat wave, roots that drink a storm. The i-Tree protocol turns it into something you can count, tree by tree, so a city knows what it has and what it is losing. Mastery looks like a person who can read a whole street's trees at a walk. This packet is a piece of that census: a few trees observed carefully and recorded where the record counts.