WETMAAP Skill 3
Cocodrie Element 2 

Skill 3:  Visual Recognition
Element 2: Habitat Maps and Feature Overlays 

Materials:

      1994 1:24,000 scale Lake Quitman-Cocodrie Topographic Quadrangle

        1958 Aerial Photography

        1978 Aerial Photography

        1989 Aerial Photography

      1995 Aerial Photography

        Habitat and feature overlays (from Tech. 2, Element 2) 

Exercise:

        1. Using the aerial photography, 1958,1978,1989, 1995, indicate whether or not the feature was present on those dates. Complete the matrix by writing YES (Y) or NO (N) in each box under the date of the aerial photography.  

 Feature  1958  1978 1988 1995
Large east-west oriented pipeline canal south of Cocodrie        
Houma navigational Channel        
Highway 56        
Oil facility at intersection of Bayou Petite Caillou and Houma Navigation Channel        
LUMCON Building        

        2. The Houma Navigation Channel was built through which habitat types? 

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          3. Visually recognize the growth of Cocodrie from 1958 through 1995.