Plant native hardwood seedlings on the Caddo Lake margin corridor, site 1, a public county road right of way along the Caddo Lake margin near Karnack, TX 75661, Harrison County (2026-08-04)

The survey above found a gap in the bottomland hardwood corridor along the Caddo Lake margin near Karnack, and hand planted native seedlings would otherwise leave this stretch of the Ramsar designated wetland's habitat corridor broken another season. Standard: USDA NRCS conservation practice standard 612 tree/shrub establishment plus US EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment rapid method, applied here to the bottomland hardwood corridor along the Caddo Lake margin near Karnack, TX, Harrison County, within the Ramsar-designated Caddo Lake wetland mosaic. SDG 15.1 and 6.6. Proof: before after photos plus species and plant count record plus GPS Method (USDA NRCS conservation practice standard 612 tree/shrub establishment plus US EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment rapid method, applied here to the bottomland hardwood corridor along the Caddo Lake margin near Karnack, TX, Harrison County, within the Ramsar-designated Caddo Lake wetland mosaic. SDG 15.1 and 6.6.): 1. 1. Confirm the gap and planting plan, and photograph the bare stretch before starting, from the same vantage used in the survey. 2. 2. Working only on stable, dry ground on the margin above the waterline, never descending toward the water, hand dig planting holes with hand tools only. 3. 3. Hand plant native bottomland hardwood seedlings (species such as water oak, overcup oak, or bald cypress) at the design spacing to close the gap in the corridor. 4. 4. Hand mulch around the new plantings and photograph the planted stretch from the matching before vantage, recording species and plant count. Done when: Before photo of the gap or bare stretch; Confirmation work stayed on stable, dry ground above the waterline, never descending toward the water; Native species and plant count recorded; After photo of the planted stretch from the matching vantage

Where

a public county road right of way along the Caddo Lake margin near Karnack, TX 75661, Harrison County

Pay

$180 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 gap or bare stretch
• Confirmation work stayed on stable, dry ground above the waterline, never descending toward the water
• Native species and plant count recorded
• After photo of the planted stretch 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.