the public bank access near the US 59 Corrigan Relief Route corridor bridge over Bear Creek, west of Corrigan, Polk County, TX 75939
Count and classify the downed wood.
Nobody has ever counted or classified the downed wood sitting in and along Bear Creek near Corrigan, Polk County, TX; the county Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $85 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- Proofstand off photo log of the wood in view plus size class and infrastructure/open tally plus wood loading rating plus GPS
- Open until2026-11-09
- Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
Nobody has ever counted or classified the downed wood sitting in and along Bear Creek near Corrigan, Polk County, TX; the county road and bridge department only hears about this wood when it jams against the US 59 bridge, so a piece resting safely in the open channel a hundred feet upstream, doing real work as fish cover, gets the same worried phone call as a piece actually stuck on the piers. A simple photo count from the bridge deck or bank, sorted by size class and by whether a piece sits against infrastructure or out in the open channel, turns that guesswork into a real record.
Offer to pay $85. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.
Safety, read before you claim
This work never enters flowing water, never wades into the channel, and never uses a chainsaw or power tool at any skill level except the licensed advanced placement crew below. No log, branch, root wad, or any other piece of wood already in or touching the water is ever pried, dragged, cut, repositioned, or removed by this work at entry or intermediate skill level; document, do not touch, from the bridge deck or the public bank margin, is the rule at every non-advanced rung. This is a different job from clearing storm debris or dumped trash off a bridge pier, a low water crossing, or an urban storm channel; that removal work is correct where it is needed and this job never argues against it or tells anyone to leave wood that threatens a pier, culvert, bridge footing, or public crossing. This job instead documents, reports on, marks, or (advanced rung only) adds large wood that sits in open channel or floodplain margin, well clear of any pier, culvert, or crossing, where downed wood works as fish and invertebrate cover, current deflection, and sediment sorting instead of a hazard. No wildlife seen in or around the wood (turtles, snakes, fish, birds) is ever approached, handled, or disturbed. This site sits at the public bank access near the US 59 Corrigan Relief Route corridor bridge over Bear Creek, west of Corrigan, Polk County, TX 75939, reached from US 59; work stays on the bridge deck sidewalk, the shoulder, or firm public bank ground well clear of the travel lane and well clear of the water line, and never steps onto a wet, undercut, or unstable bank edge. After heavy rain this water can rise fast and run high and fast through any downed wood, creating a real entrapment hazard; this work is never done when the water is visibly high, fast, or muddy from recent rain, and if conditions change while on site, leave for the shoulder or a stable public vantage immediately. East Texas Pineywoods heat and humidity are severe with little shade at an open bank or bridge deck; 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. Ticks, chiggers, fire ants, and venomous snakes (copperheads and cottonmouths) favor exactly this kind of damp bank margin; watch foot and hand placement at all times, never reach blindly into brush or under debris, and give any snake a wide path. Tell someone your route and return time before heading out to a rural bridge or bank 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 the US 59 bridge deck sidewalk or the firm public bank, photograph the general reach of Bear Creek in view before counting anything, and check that the water is not visibly high, fast, or muddy.
- 2. Count each visible piece of downed wood (log, large branch, or root wad) in or touching the water, noting an approximate size class (small branch, log, or root wad/whole tree) for each.
- 3. For each piece, note whether it sits against a pier, culvert, or crossing structure (infrastructure) or out in the open channel or floodplain margin (open), without touching or entering the water to check.
- 4. Record the total count by size class and by infrastructure/open split, and rate the reach's apparent wood loading as low, moderate, or high.
What counts as done
- Wide photo of the general reach from the bridge deck or bank vantage
- Tally of downed wood pieces by size class and by infrastructure/open split
- Short wood loading rating (low, moderate, or high) with the reasoning written out
- Confirmation that this work never entered flowing water or waded into the channel, never used a chainsaw or power tool (except the licensed advanced placement crew), and never pried, dragged, cut, repositioned, or removed any log, branch, or root wad already in or touching the water; that the work stayed on the bridge deck, shoulder, or firm public bank ground well clear of the water line; that the water was checked and was not visibly high, fast, or muddy before starting; and that this survey/report/marker never argued against or contradicted the removal of wood that threatens a pier, culvert, bridge footing, or public crossing, in compliance with the vein's full safety stack.
- GPS waypoint of the public bridge deck or bank vantage
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
The standard this serves
Watershed Health. A watershed is everything the land pours into a stream, and the stream keeps the record. The EPA's bioassessment method reads that record through the small creatures living in the gravel: mayflies and caddisflies mean clean water, only worms and midges mean trouble. Mastery looks like a person who can wade one riffle with a net and tell you how the whole valley is doing. That skill is built sample by sample. This packet is one of them: one site, one careful count, one entry in the long record of a stream.
What is promised, and what is not
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Claiming is free. You sign to prove the wallet is yours: no card, no deposit, no fee. Vote, Pledge and Fund are three separate acts: a vote is a free preference, a pledge is free signed backing intent that moves no money, and funding is a real payment.
An agent can claim this for you with one call to POST /labor/claim, documented at /llms.txt.
Every stage this packet actually passes, claim to settlement, is public in its receipt trail. A stage that has not happened is not claimed.
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Other acts: vote, pledge, fund
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