WETMAAP Skill 1
Cocodrie 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

        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

      1995 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:

ˇ Salt Open Water

ˇ Fresh Open Water

ˇ Flats and Beaches

ˇ Salt Marsh

ˇ Fresh Marsh

ˇ Forested Wetlands

ˇ Wetland Scrub-shrub

ˇ Upland Forested 

ˇ Upland Scrub-shrub

             ˇ Urban

               ˇ 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.

        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” (2) 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.

     13 Use the 1988 Habitat map.

     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” (2) 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.

     17. Use the 1995 Habitat map.

     18. Tape an 11"x 17" clear film overlay along the top edge of the 1995 Habitat map.

     19. Use the Black pen to make four “corner marks” (2) on the overlay, one at each corner of the study site.

     20. Use the color marker pens, the classification guide, and the color table prepared above, color (fill-in) the polygons on the 1995 Habitat map.