WETMAAP Skill 1
Chimney Rock: Element 3

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

Materials:

Color classification chart
Colored pencils
Colored marker pens
Drafting tape
Ultra fine black marker pen
(3) 11"x 17" clear film overlays
1953 11"x 17" section of the Habitat map
1988 11"x 17" section of the Habitat map
1999 11"x 17" section of the Habitat map

Exercise:

Note: This exercise can be worked in groups of two with each person preparing an overlay or coloring a NWI 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

¨ Range / Barren

5. Use the 1953 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 1953 map.

8. Use the 1988 Habitat map.

9 Tape an 11"x 17" clear film overlay along the top edge of the 1988 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 1988 Habitat map.

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

13 Use the 1999 Habitat map.

14. Tape an 11"x 17" clear film overlay along the top edge of the 1999 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 1999 Habitat map.