Plant native erosion control cover on the dry Comanche Springs canal bank in Fort Stockton, site 2, a public street crossing over the dry historic Comanche Springs irrigation canal in downtown Fort Stockton, TX 79735, Pecos County (2026-08-04)

The survey above found a bare, eroding bank-top segment along the dry Comanche Springs irrigation canal, and hand planted native erosion control cover on the bank-top would otherwise leave this segment shedding soil into the channel another season. Standard: USDA NRCS conservation practice standard 342 critical area planting plus USDA NRCS conservation practice standard 410 grade stabilization structure guidance, applied here to the dry historic Comanche Springs irrigation canal bank-top through downtown Fort Stockton, TX, Pecos County. SDG 6.6 and 15.1. Proof: forecast check confirm plus before after photos plus species and plant count record plus GPS Method (USDA NRCS conservation practice standard 342 critical area planting plus USDA NRCS conservation practice standard 410 grade stabilization structure guidance, applied here to the dry historic Comanche Springs irrigation canal bank-top through downtown Fort Stockton, TX, Pecos County. SDG 6.6 and 15.1.): 1. 1. Confirm the segment and planting plan, check the local forecast, and photograph the bare canal bank-top before starting, from the same vantage used in the survey. 2. 2. Working only on the canal bank-top or maintenance berm, never descending into the dry channel bottom, hand dig planting holes with hand tools only. 3. 3. Hand plant native, deep rooted erosion-control grasses and shrubs along the bank-top to hold the soil and slow runoff into the channel. 4. 4. Hand mulch around the new plantings and photograph the stabilized bank-top from the matching before vantage, recording species and plant count. Done when: Confirmation the local forecast was checked before starting and no rain was in the area; Before photo of the bare or eroding canal bank-top segment; Confirmation work stayed on the bank-top or maintenance berm, never descending into the channel bottom; Native species and plant count recorded; After photo of the planted bank-top from the matching vantage

Where

a public street crossing over the dry historic Comanche Springs irrigation canal in downtown Fort Stockton, TX 79735, Pecos County

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

forecast check confirm plus 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 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

• Confirmation the local forecast was checked before starting and no rain was in the area
• Before photo of the bare or eroding canal bank-top segment
• Confirmation work stayed on the bank-top or maintenance berm, never descending into the channel bottom
• Native species and plant count recorded
• After photo of the planted bank-top from the matching vantage

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.