Deliver a shell-evidence report to the state mussel-watch program, a Little River bar near the Brazos confluence, public access, site 4.

The survey above documented possible freshwater mussel shell evidence on a Little River bar or bank near a Little River bar near the Brazos confluence, public access, site 4, but a photo record sitting on a phone helps no one until a trained biologist sees it. Texas Parks and Wildlife's community science mussel-watch effort accepts exactly this kind of dry-ground shell-evidence report and can pursue a permitted, trained in-water follow-up survey if warranted, which this batch does not and will not perform.

Where

a public road right of way near where the Little River joins the Brazos River, southeastern Milam County, TX (general corridor, never an asserted mile marker) · Open the map

Pay

$90 proposed

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Proof

submission confirmation record plus confirm no precise shell location included plus date plus GPS of general access point

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

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-11-06

Posted by

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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

• Submission confirmation (screenshot, email receipt, or written confirmation) from the reporting channel
• Confirmation that no precise shell-concentration coordinate was included in the report
• Confirmation that this work never entered, waded into, snorkeled, dived in, or touched the water at any point and stayed on dry bank, a bar above the waterline, or a public bridge/road crossing, with the stand-off kept; that no mussel or shell, live or dead, was handled, collected, moved, repositioned, or taken, with the legal reason (protected-species risk) understood; that no bed or shell-concentration location was recorded or published, only the general public access point; that no water sample was collected and the streambed was not disturbed; and that the upstream weather/flash-flood watc
• Date the report was submitted
• GPS waypoint of the general public access point

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.