Hand collect wild sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) seed.

The survey above cleared a sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) stand at Government Canyon State Natural Area for permitted collection; without a capped, provenance-tracked hand collection, the only Edwards Plateau local-ecotype seed for this species stays locked in the wild population instead of reaching the restoration plantings that need it.

Where

Government Canyon State Natural Area, 12861 Galm Rd, San Antonio, TX 78254 (Bexar County; a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public state natural area, confirm seed collection permission with park staff before any collecting) · Open the map

Pay

$150 proposed

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Proof

park staff permission confirm plus stand size and cap calculation plus labeled bag photo plus GPS

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

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-11-06

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 45–120 minutes. Method of record: Point-count / transect species survey (Breeding Bird Survey + Xerces pollinator-count protocols)

Bring

• binoculars
• field ID guide or app
• GPS phone
• data sheet / recorder
• timer
• camera

Steps

1. 1. Navigate to the first survey point; record GPS; note start time, weather, and wind (surveys pause in rain/high wind).
2. 2. Wait a settling minute, then run a fixed-duration count (e.g., 5 min) within a fixed radius; record every species seen/heard and the count of each.
3. 3. Photograph the habitat and any species you can; note any threatened/target or invasive species.
4. 4. Move to the next point along the transect (keep points >=200 m apart) and repeat the count.
5. 5. Record total effort (points, duration) and observer.
6. 6. Enter the per-point species lists + counts, GPS, weather, effort, and photos into the proof record; sign.

If it does not match the plan

• Threatened/at-risk or target species observed -> flag for the land steward (with location) for protection planning.
• Invasive species dominant / native diversity very low -> flag for a management plan.
• Rain or high wind -> pause/reschedule; counts under poor conditions are not valid.

What counts as done

• Park staff permission confirmed and photographed
• Estimated total available seed and the fraction actually taken (target 20 percent or less) recorded
• Confirmation that this job's seed lot was collected only after permission was obtained first from the managing public agency, and never from a stand that was small or of a rare, threatened, or conservation-concern species; that no more than one in five (20 percent) of the available seed was ever taken from the wild stand, with the estimated total and fraction taken recorded; that no precise coordinate of the individual collected stand was ever published; that the ecoregion and general site of origin travel with the seed lot and it was never moved outside that ecoregion; and that nothing was co
• Photo of the labeled collection bag (species, ecoregion, collection date)
• GPS waypoint of the general collection vicinity

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.