advanced work · the public headquarters/check station area at Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, FM 2627 about 58 miles south of Marathon, Brewster County, TX 79842
Remove an interior fence segment to open a bighorn movement corridor, Black Gap WMA, segment 3.
Fund it for $285. Proof lands onchain when it's done.
$285 proposed
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $285 proposed.
- ProofWMA biologist clearance confirm plus before after photos plus wire and post haul out confirm plus GPS
- Open until2026-10-05
- Leveladvanced
Open, but not claimable yet. restricted: permit-required — Regulated or permit-required work cannot be claimed on this rail yet. It stays readable; voting and pledging are free, and funding is separate from claiming.
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What the work involvesThe survey above found an old interior fence segment near Black Gap WMA blocking desert bighorn sheep movement between habitat patches, and a credentialed crew removing it under controlled wire tension opens the corridor.
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Steps
- 1. Photograph the fence line before starting, from the same public vantage used in the survey.
- 2. Confirm with the WMA biologist that the segment is cleared for removal and that no bighorn are near the work area. This work never approaches, follows, herds, or photographs bighorn sheep at close range, and never uses a drone; if bighorn are visibly using a water source, withdraw immediately and do not begin or continue any work there while they are present.
- 3. Using fencing pliers and hand tools, cut and roll the tensioned wire under control, then pull posts, staying well clear of any escape terrain. This work never climbs, scrambles onto, or otherwise works on escape terrain, the steep rock desert bighorn sheep use specifically because predators cannot follow; every observation here is made from the public road, a designated pull-off, or the WMA's public access area, using binoculars or a spotting scope, never on foot on the terrain itself.
- 4. Haul the removed wire and posts to the designated collection point, and photograph the open, fence free corridor.
What counts as done
- Before photo of the fence line
- WMA biologist clearance and no bighorn nearby confirmation recorded
- Confirmation that this job never climbed, scrambled onto, or otherwise worked on escape terrain, and that all observation was made from the public road, a designated pull-off, or the WMA's public access area using optics; that no bighorn sheep was approached, followed, herded, or photographed at close range, and no drone was used; that if bighorn were visibly present at a water source the crew withdrew and did not work there while animals were present; that no water source or lambing area coordinate or identifying detail was recorded or disclosed, and the location on file is the WMA headquarte
- After photo of the open, fence free corridor
- Wire and post haul out to the designated collection point confirmed
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