WETMAAP Technique 3
Avery and Weeks Islands: Element 1

 Technique 3: Recognition of Wetland Change
Element 1: Evaluate Habitat Change

 Materials:
           Colored Habitat maps and overlays (attached together) from Skill 3, Element 1         

Exercise:         

          1.     Use the  Colored Habitat maps and overlays (attached together) from Skill 3,  Element 1.

                                  2.     List at least two differences observed:

                              Note:            Place a piece of white paper between the 1956 colored habitat map and the 1978 colored overlay to observe the difference between the 1978, and 1988  colored habitats.

1956 and 1978


1.  _________________________________

2.  _________________________________

1978 and 1988


1.  _________________________________

             2.    ________________________________
1956 and 1988


1.  _________________________________

2. _________________________________

 3.   Visually examine the colored habitat maps to determine if the following habitats increased or decreased between each time period. Write increase, decrease, or stayed the same in the boxes.

Time periods Salt Open Water Fresh Open Water Flats & Beaches Salt Marsh Fresh Marsh Forested Wetlands Wetland Scrub-shrub Upland Forested Upland Scrub-shrub Urban Ag/ Range

1956-1978
                      

1978-1988
                      

1956-1988