Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site, public day use area and interpretive center, 6900 Hueco Tanks Rd #1, El Paso, TX 79938 (El Paso County; reserve access and the required self guided permit in advance)
Document biological soil crust trampling.
A surveyor photographs biological soil crust between boulders from the established trail at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site, noting any braided path trampling through it, and logs the length for the closure crew. Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $80 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- Proofdocument only trail stand off photo log plus trample extent note plus GPS plus ranked follow on note
- Open until2026-11-05
- Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
Biological soil crust in the desert soil pockets between syenite boulders near the public day use area near the interpretive center has not had a recent trample record; unchecked braided social trailing through crust breaks down a slow forming soil community that can take decades to recover.
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Safety, read before you claim
This work never enters, wades in, dips a hand, tool, or any gear into, drinks from, or otherwise disturbs the water or sediment of a hueco basin at any skill level, and never enters any other pool or standing water on site. A hueco's dry season sediment holds dormant eggs of specialized crustaceans that survive years of drought in the dust of the basin floor; a boot print or hand print in a dry basin is real, lasting damage even when the basin looks empty and lifeless. All observation happens from the established trail, at a stand off distance from the basin rim. No water sample is ever collected from a hueco basin, or from any other water on site, at any skill level. This work never climbs, boulders, or scrambles on the syenite boulders, and never leaves the maintained trail, at any skill level. Hueco Tanks is a world famous bouldering destination, and that same climbing and hiking pressure on the rock and the ground around it is exactly what this work documents and addresses, never the method used to do it. Access to Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site is permit controlled with a daily visitor cap and a mandatory orientation; reserve access in advance (day use entry plus the required TPWD self guided permit for the North Mountain area, capped at a limited number of people per day) and follow park staff direction at check in and on site at all times. Guided tour only areas of the park are off limits to this work; this work is confined to the public day use area, the interpretive center vicinity, and the maintained self guided North Mountain trail. This work never mentions, locates, describes, photographs, cleans, monitors, or documents any cultural or archaeological feature at this site, at any skill level. If a photograph required by this work could include a marked rock surface, frame the photograph away from that surface. No organism living in or around a hueco basin or anywhere on site, and no plant of any kind, is ever handled or collected at any skill level. No precise coordinate or description that would allow someone to find one specific, individual hueco basin is ever recorded or published by this work; it documents and addresses trail and basin adjacent conditions in the general vicinity of the public day use area and the self guided North Mountain trail, never a named individual basin, nest, den, or roost. Rattlesnakes and Africanized honey bees are present in this landscape; bees congregate at hueco basins because they are the only standing water for miles, which is one more reason to keep a stand off distance from any basin. Watch foot and hand placement around boulders, crevices, and rock piles at all times, and give any snake or bee activity a wide path rather than approaching it. Chihuahuan Desert heat is severe with little to no shade among the boulders and open rock, no water available anywhere on site, and unreliable cell coverage in much of the park; work only in early morning or late afternoon to avoid peak heat, carry more water than you think you need, wear sun protection and light colored breathable clothing, tell someone your planned route and return time before you start, and take frequent shade breaks in the lee of a boulder.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Steps
- 1. From the established trail, photograph biological soil crust in the desert soil pockets between syenite boulders, noting any braided social trail trampling through it. This work never climbs, boulders, or scrambles on the syenite boulders, and never leaves the maintained trail, at any skill level. Hueco Tanks is a world famous bouldering destination, and that same climbing and hiking pressure on the rock and the ground around it is exactly what this work documents and addresses, never the method used to do it.
- 2. Note the trampled stretch's approximate length and whether more than one braided path crosses the same crust patch.
- 3. This documents biological soil crust trampling in the desert soil between boulders specifically, distinct from a rock surface lichen survey; state the trail section or nearest marker in the record.
- 4. Record a ranked follow on note naming the trail section for a biocrust social trail closure crew.
What counts as done
- Photo of the biocrust patch and any braided trampling taken from the established trail
- Trampled stretch length and braid count noted
- Confirmation that this job never entered, waded in, dipped anything into, drank from, or otherwise disturbed the water or sediment of any hueco basin or other water on site, and stayed on the established trail at a stand off distance from any basin rim at all times; that no water sample was collected; that this work never climbed, bouldered, or scrambled on the boulders and never left the maintained trail; that no cultural or archaeological feature was mentioned, located, described, or photographed; that no organism or plant was handled or collected; that no precise location of an individual hueco basin, nest, den, or roost was recorded or published; and that reserved access, the required park permit, and park staff direction were followed, given Hueco Tanks' permit controlled daily visitor cap and Chihuahuan Desert heat, no on site water, and limited cell coverage.
- Ranked follow on note naming the trail section for a biocrust social trail closure crew
- GPS waypoint of the trail vantage
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
The standard this serves
Soil Health. Soil health is the discovery, now written into USDA standards, that soil is not dirt but a living body: it breathes, digests, holds water, and can sicken or recover. The tests are wonderfully physical. Time how fast water soaks in. See whether a clod holds together in water or falls apart. Smell for the sweetness of organic matter. Mastery looks like a farmer who can read a handful of ground like a page. This packet is one plot examined by those methods and recorded, one honest page in the story of a piece of land.
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