Plant native cover at a Pineywoods seep wetland margin, site 6, the public Davy Crockett National Forest, a Pineywoods seep wetland segment near Kennard, TX 75847, Houston County (2026-08-04)

The survey above found a degraded seep wetland segment inside the Davy Crockett National Forest near Kennard, and a hand planted native wetland margin restoration above standing water would otherwise leave this seep losing its remaining cover for another season. Standard: US EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment rapid method, applied here to a Pineywoods seep wetland segment inside the public Davy Crockett National Forest near Kennard, TX, Houston County. SDG 6.6 and 15.1. Proof: before after photos plus species and plant count record plus GPS Method (US EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment rapid method, applied here to a Pineywoods seep wetland segment inside the public Davy Crockett National Forest near Kennard, TX, Houston County. SDG 6.6 and 15.1.): 1. 1. Confirm the segment with Forest Service staff and photograph the degraded seep before starting, staying on stable ground above standing water. 2. 2. Hand dig planting holes at the seep margin only, hand tools only, no power equipment, staying above standing water at all times. 3. 3. Hand plant native Pineywoods seep wetland species (sweetbay magnolia, swamp titi, Virginia sweetspire) at the wetland margin. 4. 4. Hand mulch around the new plantings and photograph the planted margin from the matching before vantage, recording species and plant count. Done when: Before photo of the degraded seep margin segment; Confirmation only hand tools were used, work stayed above standing water at all times; Native species and plant count recorded; After photo of the planted margin from the matching vantage

Where

the public Davy Crockett National Forest, a Pineywoods seep wetland segment near Kennard, TX 75847, Houston County

Pay

$160 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 species and plant count record plus GPS

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

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-03

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

• Before photo of the degraded seep margin segment
• Confirmation only hand tools were used, work stayed above standing water at all times
• Native species and plant count recorded
• After photo of the planted margin from the matching vantage

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Wetland Condition. Wetlands are the landscape's kidneys and nurseries at once: they filter the water, absorb the flood, and raise the young of half the creatures around them. The EPA's rapid assessment gives a trained visitor a way to grade one honestly: the plants present, the water's path, the soil, the wear at the edges. Mastery looks like walking a marsh and knowing, defensibly, how it is doing and what threatens it. This packet is one such visit, one wetland's condition recorded to the method. What is watched can be defended; unwatched wetlands quietly disappear.