Stabilize the chenier shell substrate road shoulder, stretch 4, the State Highway 87 public road shoulder crossing the chenier plain at Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge, west of Sabine Pass, Jefferson County, TX

The survey above found erosion or rutting exposing the shell and sand chenier substrate beneath the State Highway 87 shoulder, and refuge and road authority coordinated groundcover planting and water bars are the concrete step that keeps this only-high-ground stretch from washing into the marsh.

Where

the State Highway 87 public road shoulder crossing the chenier plain at Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge, west of Sabine Pass, Jefferson County, TX · Open the map

Pay

$175 proposed

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Proof

refuge and road authority coordination confirm plus before after photos plus material record plus GPS

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

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-04

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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

• Confirmation the stretch and stabilization plan were coordinated with US Fish and Wildlife Service refuge staff and the road authority
• Before photo of the eroded or rutted shoulder
• Confirmation work stayed within the paved shoulder and right of way, never stepping down into the marsh
• Hi vis worn near the traffic lane confirmed
• Groundcover species and water bar material recorded
• After photo of the stabilized shoulder 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.