Document a Caddo Lake State Park boat ramp for decontamination signage, ramp 2, Caddo Lake State Park (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, public state park), 245 Park Rd 2, Karnack, TX 75661, Harrison County (2026-08-04)

This Caddo Lake State Park boat ramp has no clean, drain, and dry signage or boot and trailer brush station, a real gap given the lake's well documented giant salvinia infestation, and no photo record exists to prioritize an install. Standard: US EPA Rapid Bioassessment Protocols plus Texas Parks and Wildlife Department aquatic invasive species management guidance (clean, drain, and dry practice), applied here to Caddo Lake State Park, Karnack, TX, Harrison County, a lake with an active, well documented giant salvinia infestation. SDG 6.3 and 6.6. Proof: document only observation log plus signage presence note plus GPS plus ranked follow on note Method (US EPA Rapid Bioassessment Protocols plus Texas Parks and Wildlife Department aquatic invasive species management guidance (clean, drain, and dry practice), applied here to Caddo Lake State Park, Karnack, TX, Harrison County, a lake with an active, well documented giant salvinia infestation. SDG 6.3 and 6.6.): 1. 1. From the boat ramp entrance at Caddo Lake State Park, photograph the current condition, noting whether clean, drain, and dry signage or a boot and trailer brush station exists. 2. 2. Note the ramp's approximate daily boat traffic based on posted permits or visible use. 3. 3. Photograph the site from a fixed reference point for future comparison. 4. 4. Record a ranked follow on note naming the ramp for the decontamination station install crew. Done when: Photo of the ramp entrance taken from the public ramp area; Note of whether clean, drain, and dry signage or a brush station currently exists; Ranked follow on note naming the ramp for the decontamination station install crew; GPS waypoint of the ramp

Where

Caddo Lake State Park (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, public state park), 245 Park Rd 2, Karnack, TX 75661, Harrison County

Pay

$85 proposed

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Proof

document only observation log plus signage presence note plus GPS plus ranked follow on note

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-11-03

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: EPA dry-weather / AMD field screening

Bring

• GPS phone
• pH meter or strips
• conductivity meter
• ammonia + iron test kit as specified
• surfactant screen if specified
• gloves
• camera

Steps

1. 1. Navigate to the outfall/reach; record GPS; photograph it, capturing any visible flow or staining.
2. 2. Note whether flow is present in dry weather (yes/no).
3. 3. Measure and record pH, conductivity, and each specified analyte per kit instructions.
4. 4. Log any color, odor, floc, or aquatic-life observation.
5. 5. Enter all readings with units, GPS, time, and photos into the proof record; sign.

If it does not match the plan

• Dry-weather flow present with elevated conductivity/ammonia/surfactants -> flag suspected illicit discharge for the responsible agency.
• pH < 6 with visible iron floc -> tag suspected acid mine drainage; recommend metals lab panel.

What counts as done

• Photo of the ramp entrance taken from the public ramp area
• Note of whether clean, drain, and dry signage or a brush station currently exists
• Ranked follow on note naming the ramp for the decontamination station install crew
• GPS waypoint of the ramp

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Watershed Health. A watershed is everything the land pours into a stream, and the stream keeps the record. The EPA's bioassessment method reads that record through the small creatures living in the gravel: mayflies and caddisflies mean clean water, only worms and midges mean trouble. Mastery looks like a person who can wade one riffle with a net and tell you how the whole valley is doing. That skill is built sample by sample. This packet is one of them: one site, one careful count, one entry in the long record of a stream.