Run the summer watering route for young trees on Sewells Point Road (2026-08-03)

Young trees on Sewells Point Road need weekly deep watering through their first two summers to survive Norfolk's heat and establish the canopy the neighborhood is counting on. Standard: American Forests Tree Equity Score, canopy establishment and care Proof: Photo of the watered tree row plus a written log of trees serviced. Method (American Forests Tree Equity Score, canopy establishment and care): 1. Walk the planting route at Sewells Point Road, Norfolk, VA and check each young tree's soil moisture by hand. 2. Fill watering bags or a hose-fed container and give each tree a slow, deep soak at the root zone. 3. Check the stake ties and mulch ring on each tree while watering. 4. Log which trees were watered and note any that look stressed or damaged. 5. Photograph the row of watered trees and flag any tree needing follow-up care. Done when: photo; GPS tag; written watering log

Where

Sewells Point Road, Norfolk, VA

Pay

$130 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

Photo of the watered tree row plus a written log of trees serviced.

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-08-10

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

• photo
• GPS tag
• written watering log

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.