a public roadside ditch along SH 90 on the edge of Madisonville, Madison County, TX 77864
Document the crayfish burrow chimneys.
The roadside ditch margin along SH 90 at the edge of Madisonville, Madison County, TX floods and drains every wet season, but Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $80 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- Proofstand off photo log of the chimney field plus close up chimney condition photos plus hydroperiod rating note plus general site GPS
- Open until2026-11-09
- Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
The roadside ditch margin along SH 90 at the edge of Madisonville, Madison County, TX floods and drains every wet season, but nobody has recorded how long the ground actually stays saturated there. Burrowing crayfish push up mud chimneys only where the water table stays high enough long enough to support them, so a simple photo count of chimney density, height, and freshness turns "this looks wet sometimes" into ground level evidence of how long the site really holds water.
Offer to pay $80. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.
Safety, read before you claim
This work never digs into, probes, pokes a stick or rod down, plugs, floods, pours anything into, or otherwise disturbs an active or inactive crayfish burrow at any skill level. No crayfish, live or dead, is ever handled, captured, collected, or removed from a burrow or the surrounding mud at any skill level; burrowing crayfish are a normal part of Texas wetland margins and disturbing a burrow can collapse it and kill the animal inside. This work never claims a species identification for any crayfish seen or for the burrow itself, it records only chimney presence, count, height, and surface condition. No individual burrow or small burrow cluster is ever pinned with its own precise coordinate; every location recorded here is the general public roadside site only, never a mapped burrow. The ground at an active chimney field is often soft, waterlogged mud that will not support a person's full weight; this work stays on firm ground at the margin and never steps onto standing water or a wet mudflat that gives underfoot, and never wades into any ponded water. This site sits in the SH 90 road right of way at the edge of Madisonville; hi-vis is worn, work stays on the shoulder or ditch bank well clear of the travel lane, and this work never steps into the travel lane for any reason. After heavy rain this roadside ditch can run with fast moving water; this work is never done while water is visibly flowing in the ditch bottom, and if water starts rising while on site, leave immediately for the road shoulder. Texas heat on an open roadside ditch is severe with little to no shade; work in the cooler morning or evening hours when possible, carry more water than you think you need, wear sun protection and light colored breathable clothing, and take frequent shade breaks. Venomous snakes, fire ants, and ticks favor exactly this kind of damp roadside margin; watch foot and hand placement at all times, never reach blindly into grass or under debris, and give any snake a wide path. No other organism or plant is handled or collected at this site, no wild seed is ever collected, and no listed species is approached or disturbed. Tell someone your route and return time before heading out to a rural roadside site.
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 firm ground at the ditch shoulder, photograph the general chimney field from a fixed vantage before counting anything, and check that no water is flowing in the ditch bottom.
- 2. Walk the firm margin slowly and count visible burrow chimneys in view, noting each one's approximate height and whether the mud looks fresh and wet or dry and crumbling, without touching or probing any chimney.
- 3. Photograph three to five representative chimneys close up for scale and condition, staying on firm ground the whole time.
- 4. Record the general zone as a rough sketch or note (not a per-burrow coordinate) and rate the site's apparent hydroperiod as short, moderate, or long based on chimney freshness and density.
What counts as done
- Wide photo of the general chimney field from a fixed vantage
- Close up photos of three to five representative chimneys with a rough height/condition note each
- Short hydroperiod rating (short, moderate, or long) with the reasoning written out
- 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 with the vein's full safety stack.
- GPS waypoint of the general public roadside site only, never an individual burrow
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.
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