Any landscape, trail, waterway edge, or cultivated-land margin near Athens, GA
Invasive plant mapping (EDDMapS protocol) — Athens, GA.
Photograph and map an invasive plant find near Athens using the EDDMapS protocol. Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $125 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- ProofPhoto set: whole plant, close-up, habitat context + Precise GPS location, honest patch-size estimate recorded + ID confidence stated: certain, likely, or uncertain + Uncertain finds routed to a verifier + Report submitted through EDDMapS with submission date
- Open until2026-12-23
- Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
Photograph and map an invasive plant find near Athens using the EDDMapS protocol. Athens is the home of the University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, the program that built and still runs the exact tool this standard's report is submitted through, so a report from here reaches the system at its own source.
Offer to pay $125. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.
Safety, read before you claim
This is reporting and small-scale hand-removal coaching only, and an uncertain ID is submitted as uncertain, never reported as confirmed. Removal beyond hand-pulling a small patch routes to a professional contractor, and no herbicide product or rate is ever recommended or applied from this packet.
The full safety list for this job:
- Large infestations, resprouting woody invasives, or anything needing mechanical equipment routes to a professional invasive-species contractor or the local Cooperative Weed Management Area or extension office.
- Label law restricts many effective herbicide products to licensed applicators.
- A suspected new state or county record, or a designated noxious weed, is flagged in the report and also routed to the state department of agriculture's noxious-weed program.
- This packet is independent of and not affiliated with the University of Georgia or its Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health: named as the real, verified home of the EDDMapS tool this standard's report is submitted through, not an endorsement or partnership.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Bring
- GPS-capable phone or handheld GPS unit
- camera
- gloves suited to the plant (nitrile or leather)
- a plant identification field guide or the EDDMapS/iNaturalist app
- a small hand tool for hand-pulling only
- a resealable bag for a voucher clipping if requested
Steps
- 1. Approach the suspected invasive patch and, before touching anything, photograph the whole plant or patch, a diagnostic close-up of leaf, flower, or fruit, and the surrounding habitat.
- 2. Record the precise GPS location and estimate the patch size in square feet or acres.
- 3. Identify the species using a field guide or the EDDMapS/iNaturalist app and record an honest ID-confidence level: certain, likely, or uncertain; never report an uncertain ID as confirmed.
- 4. If the ID is uncertain, route the photo set to a state or regional verifier or the local extension office for confirmation before or alongside submission.
- 5. Submit the report through the EDDMapS web portal or its regional-network app, entering the photos, GPS point, patch size, and ID-confidence level, and record the submission date.
- 6. If the patch is small and isolated, hand-pull it wearing gloves suited to the plant, bag any seed heads or fruit for disposal, and never choose, apply, or recommend any herbicide product or rate.
- 7. If the infestation is large, resprouting, or woody, do not attempt removal; note that it was left in place and route it to a professional invasive-species contractor or the local Cooperative Weed Management Area / extension office.
- 8. If the species is a suspected new state or county record or a designated noxious weed, flag it in the EDDMapS report and also route it to the state department of agriculture's noxious-weed program the same day.
What counts as done
- Photo set recorded: whole plant/patch, diagnostic close-up, and surrounding-habitat context
- Precise GPS location and an honest patch-size estimate recorded
- ID-confidence level stated honestly (certain / likely / uncertain); uncertain finds routed to a state/regional verifier or extension office
- Report submitted through EDDMapS (or its regional-network app) with a recorded submission date
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
What is promised, and what is not
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