Avery Island

WETMAAP Development Team

Catherine M. Lockwood              Lawrence R. Handley
Co-coordinator Co-coordinator
Chadron State College USGS National Wetlands
Research Center

 

Nathan S. Handley Jean May-Brett
Technical Consultant  Education Specialist
Louisiana Public Broadcasting

With the Special Assistance of:

Jill Willis, Student Intern
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana

Information and materials contributors:

Dennis Lichtenberg, Johnson Controls World Service Inc., National Wetlands Research Center
cartography and photo reproduction
Kelly Mouton, Johnson Controls World Service Inc., National Wetlands Research Center: cartography and photo reproduction
Jesse Thibodeaux II, Johnson Controls World Service Inc.: National Wetlands Research Center: photo interpretation
Jill Willis, University of Louisiana Lafayette:
website, maps and photography reproduction, statistics, and parts of photo essay.

Other contributors:

Patrick Blythe, Chadron State College
Sarah G’Schwind, Chadron State College
Sarah Lockwood, Chadron State College
Sharon Waters, Chadron State College
Sarah Witherspoon, Chadron State College

Sources of Data Information

Aerial Photography

1955 Black and White: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
1978 Color Infrared, Avery Island: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
1988 Color Infrared, Avery Island: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
1995 Color Infrared, Avery Island: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
1995 Color Infrared, Weeks Island: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center

Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite (TM) Image

1993 Morgan City: University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s NASA Regional Application Center

Maps

Portions of the following maps were used for site identification, skills and exercises, and wetland analysis:

1:250,000 scale New Orleans, LA Topographic Quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
1:100,000 scale Morgan City, LA Topographic Quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
1:24,000 scale Delcambre, LA Topographic Quadrangle 1963/80: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
1:24,000 scale Weeks, LA Topographic Quadrangle 1963/80: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
1:24,000 scale Weeks, LA Topographic Quadrangle 1994: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
Avery and Weeks Islands Habitat Map 1956: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
Avery and Weeks Islands Habitat Map 1979: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
Avery and Weeks Islands Habitat Map 1988: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
Avery and Weeks Islands 1956 Land Cover: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
Avery and Weeks Islands 1978 Land Cover: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research
Avery and Weeks Islands 1988 Land Cover: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center

Sources of Data Information

Geographic Background: Compiled by Southeast Maps Louisiana Development Team and WETMAAP Development Team

Skills and Techniques: Developed by the WETMAAP Development Team

Photo Essay: Developed by Jill Willis and Lawrence Handley