WETMAAP Skill 1
Cape Hatteras: Element 3

Skill 1: Map Use
Element 3: Classification of Wetland and Upland Habitats

Materials:

Color classification chart
Colored pencils
Drafting tape
1983 11"x 17"  Habitat map
1990 11"x 17"  Habitat map
(2) 11"x 17" clear film overlays

Exercise:

Note: This exercise can be worked in groups of two 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:

¨ Salt Open Water

¨ Fresh Open Water

¨ Flats and Beaches

¨ Salt Marsh

¨ Fresh Marsh

¨ Forested Wetlands

¨ Wetland Scrub-shrub

¨ Upland Forest

¨ Upland Scrub-shrub

¨ Urban

¨ Agriculture

5. Use the 1983 habitat map

6. Tape an 11"x 17" clear film overlay along the top edge of the 1983 habitat map.

7. Use the Black pen to make four "corner marks" (_) on the overlay, one at each corner of the study site.

8. Use the color marker pens, the classification guide, and the color Table prepared above, color (fill-in) the polygons on the 1983 habitat map.

9. Examine the wetland habitats labeled on the map and cross reference with the classification guide.

10. Use the 1990 habitat map

11. Tape an 11"x 17" clear film overlay along the top edge of the 1990 habitat map.

12. Use the Black pen to make four "corner marks" (_) on the overlay, one at each corner of the study site.

13. Use the color marker pens, the classification guide, and the color Table prepared above, color (fill-in) the polygons on the 1990 habitat map

14. Re-examine the wetland habitats labeled on the map and cross reference with the classification guide.