WETMAAP Skill 1
Avery and Weeks Islands: Element 3
Skill 1: Map Use
Element 3: Classification
of Wetland and Upland Habitats
Color classification
chart
Colored pencils
Colored marker pens
Drafting
tape
Ultra fine black marker pen
(3)
11"x 17" clear film overlays
1956 11"x 17" section of the Habitat map
1978 11"x
17" section of the Habitat map
1988 11"x
17" section of the Habitat map
Exercise:
Note:
This exercise can be worked in groups of two or three with each person preparing an
overlay or coloring a habitat map section.
1. Use the Color Classification
Sheet.
2.
Use the colored pencils.
3. Examine the following table.
4. Complete the table by coloring the box
with the correct color:
ð
Salt Open Water
ð
Fresh Open Water
ð
Flats and Beaches
ð
Salt Marsh
ð
Fresh Marsh
ð
Forested Wetlands
ð
Wetland Scrub-shrub
ð
Upland Forested
ð
Upland Scrub-shrub
ð
Urban
ð
Agriculture-Range
5. Use the 1956 Habitat map.
6. Examine
the wetland habitats labeled on the map and cross reference with the classification guide.
7. Using the color pencils, the
classification guide, and the color table prepared above, color (fill-in) the polygons on
the 1956 map.
8.
Use the 1978 Habitat
map.
9 Tape an 11"x 17"
clear film overlay along the top edge of the 1978 Habitat map.
10. Use the Black pen to make
four “corner marks” on the overlay, one at each corner of the study site.
11.
Use the color marker pens, the classification guide, and
the color table prepared above, color (fill-in) the polygons on the 1978 Habitat
map.
12.
Re-examine the wetland habitats labeled on the map and
cross-reference with the classification guide.
14.
Tape an 11"x 17" clear film overlay along the top
edge of the 1988 Habitat map.
15. Use the Black pen to make four
“corner marks” on the overlay, one at each corner of the study site.
16.
Use the color marker pens, the classification guide, and the
color table prepared above, color (fill-in) the polygons on the 1988 Habitat map.