Clear an invasive plant stand.

The survey above mapped invasive stands crowding out native wetland vegetation at Machado Lake. Hand-clearing one stand at a time is the removal step that lets native planting take hold.

Where

Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park, Machado Lake, Harbor City, CA 90710 · Open the map

Pay

$360 proposed

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Proof

before/after photos + species/quantity log + GPS

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

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-19

Posted by

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Steps

1. Walk to the mapped invasive stand and photograph it, identifying the species by common name/photo ID.
2. Hand-pull or cut invasive plant stems at the base with hand tools, working from the dry margin outward; bag cut material for green-waste disposal.
3. Take care to identify and avoid native plants and any active wildlife nests or burrows while clearing.
4. Photograph the cleared area from the same vantage and log the species and quantity removed.

What counts as done

• Before photo of the invasive stand with species ID
• After photo of the cleared area from matching vantage
• Species + quantity/area cleared log + disposal method

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.