Deliver the burrow chimney hydroperiod evidence to the county conservation office near Madisonville, site 2.

The survey above documented burrow chimney density and freshness at a roadside ditch margin near Madisonville, Madison County, TX, but a set of photos sitting on a phone helps no one until the local soil and water conservation district or NRCS field office sees it, especially before that same stretch of ditch is scheduled for mowing, grading, or any wet prairie work.

Where

a public roadside ditch along SH 90 on the edge of Madisonville, Madison County, TX 77864 · Open the map

Pay

$90 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

submission confirmation photo plus report contents summary plus general site GPS

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

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-24

Posted by

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The creator wallet. Its signature is what approves proof and settles the wage.

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

• Photo or screenshot of the delivered report and its submission confirmation
• Summary of the hydroperiod rating and the chimney evidence included in the report
• Confirmation the report named only the general public roadside site, never a precise burrow coordinate
• Confirmation that this work never dug into, probed, plugged, flooded, or otherwise disturbed a crayfish burrow at any skill level; that no crayfish, live or dead, was handled, captured, collected, or removed; that no individual burrow or small burrow cluster was pinned with its own precise coordinate, only the general public roadside site; that this work stayed on firm ground and never stepped onto standing water or a wet mudflat; that hi-vis was worn and the work stayed on the shoulder, clear of the travel lane; and that the ditch was checked for flowing water before starting, in compliance w

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.