Restore a relict maple canyon forest segment.

The survey above found a bare or invasive choked segment of this Ice Age relict bigtooth maple and canyon hardwood forest along the McKittrick Canyon Trail, and hand cleared, hand planted native seedlings would otherwise close that gap in a forest community found nowhere else nearby.

Where

McKittrick Canyon day-use area, end of McKittrick Canyon Road off US Highway 62/180, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, near Salt Flat, TX 79847 (public National Park Service day-use trailhead, gate open 8am to 5pm) · Open the map

Pay

$195 proposed

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Proof

before after photos plus species and seedling count record plus GPS

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

Level

advanced

Open until

2026-10-01

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How this work is done

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

Steps

1. 1. Confirm the trail corridor segment and the restoration permit with Guadalupe Mountains National Park staff and photograph the bare or invasive choked stretch before starting.
2. 2. Hand clear invasive plants from the segment with hand tools only, no power equipment, staying strictly on the maintained trail corridor.
3. 3. Hand plant native bigtooth maple, chinkapin oak, and other relict hardwood seedlings at the design spacing along the cleared corridor.
4. 4. Photograph the planted segment from the matching before vantage and record species and seedling count.

What counts as done

• Before photo of the bare or invasive choked segment
• Confirmation only hand tools were used, work stayed on the maintained trail corridor, NPS permit confirmed
• Native relict hardwood species and seedling count recorded
• After photo of the planted segment from the matching vantage

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Soil Health. Soil health is the discovery, now written into USDA standards, that soil is not dirt but a living body: it breathes, digests, holds water, and can sicken or recover. The tests are wonderfully physical. Time how fast water soaks in. See whether a clod holds together in water or falls apart. Smell for the sweetness of organic matter. Mastery looks like a farmer who can read a handful of ground like a page. This packet is one plot examined by those methods and recorded, one honest page in the story of a piece of land.