Find out what is growing.

Old Hillsboro Cemetery in Hillsboro has never been plowed, and the older section near the historic west gate may hold native Hill County grassland or savanna groundcover that vanished from every farmed acre nearby a century ago, but nobody has ever photographed or recorded what is actually growing there before any mowing change is even considered.

Where

the older section near the historic west gate, Old Hillsboro Cemetery (also called Hillsboro City Cemetery), intersection of N Waco St and Chenault St, Hillsboro, TX 76645 (owned and operated by the City of Hillsboro, established 1855, no burial spaces sold since the 1940s) · Open the map

Pay

$80 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

document-only stand-off photo log + ground-cover note + sunken-ground note + GPS + ranked follow-on note

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-11-09

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 45–120 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

• Confirmation that the visit was coordinated with the cemetery authority beforehand and that no service was in progress
• Photo of the general ground cover taken from an established path, no grave surface stepped on
• Plain-language ground-cover note recorded, with no species identification claimed as fact
• Confirmation that no headstone, marker, or monument was touched, cleaned, or photographed with a legible individual name, and that any sunken or unstable ground found was walked around and reported, never stepped on
• Ranked follow-on note naming the zone for the mow-calendar and woody-clearing work

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.