Mark a retained standing snag for wildlife habitat.

A standing dead tree is the single most valuable wildlife feature in a woodland, cavity nesters, insects, and foraging birds all use it for decades, but it is also a real hazard if it can reach a path, a structure, or a person. This rung marks a dead tree the resident has already decided to keep standing, but only once the tree's own height is confirmed to be less than its distance to anything it could reach.

Where

resident's own home near the town center, Carthage, TX (Panola County; best-estimate location, exact address not confirmed) · Open the map

Pay

$55 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

resident retain-decision confirm + height-vs-distance measurement record + before/after photos + no-climb/no-cut/no-health-assessment confirm + GPS

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

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-13

Posted by

0x034F…6c89

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.

Steps

1. 1. Confirm with the resident that this standing dead tree is one they intend to retain rather than remove; this rung never assesses whether the tree is likely to fail, that is a judgment the resident has already made or is asked to make separately with a professional.
2. 2. From a safe stand-off distance, estimate the tree's full height against a known reference (a nearby fence panel, a marked pole, or a rangefinder), and pace or tape-measure the distance from the tree's base to the nearest path, road, structure, fence, play area, or parking area.
3. 3. If the measured distance to the nearest such target is less than the estimated tree height, STOP: this rung does not apply here, do not mark or retain this tree, and tell the resident the tree needs a professional evaluation instead.
4. 4. If the distance clears the tree's own height, install a small weatherproof tag at the base marking it as a retained wildlife snag, and photograph the tree with the measured height and distance recorded.

What counts as done

• Written or recorded permission and retention decision from the resident
• Measured tree height and measured distance to the nearest path, road, structure, fence, play area, or parking area both recorded, with the distance confirmed greater than the height
• Confirmation that no climbing, cutting, or assessment of the tree's health or stability was performed at any point
• After photo of the tagged snag from the matching before vantage

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.