Check the milkweed host plants.

The prairie/riverbottom habitat at Mother Neff State Park has no recent record of whether green milkweed (Asclepias viridis) is present, sparse, or absent, or whether an existing stand would already be established before the first-generation monarch migration reaches central Texas each spring to lay eggs; without that record no one can responsibly recommend the site for a staff-coordinated planting timed to be ready in time.

Where

Mother Neff State Park, State Park Road 14 near Moody, TX 76557 (Coryell County; a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public state park, day use entry fee, confirm timing and location with park staff before starting) · Open the map

Pay

$85 proposed

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Proof

document only stand condition photo log plus readiness assessment plus ecoregion note plus GPS plus ranked follow on note

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

Level

entry

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

• Photo of the milkweed stand or candidate site
• Stand condition (present, sparse, absent) and spring-readiness assessment recorded
• Confirmation that no monarch or any butterfly was handled, netted, tagged, or collected at any point in this work; that no pesticide or herbicide was applied at any point; and that no precise location of a monarch roost tree or roosting cluster was recorded or published, with the record naming only the general public park vicinity.
• Ecoregion (Blackland Prairie/Cross Timbers) recorded
• GPS waypoint of the general survey vicinity

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.