WETMAAP
Skill 1
Fort Clatsop: Element 3
Skill
1: Map Use
Element
3: Classification of Wetland and Upland Habitats
Color classification chart
Colored pencils
Colored marker pens
Drafting tape
Ultra fine black marker pen
(2) 11 x 17 clear film overlays
1977 11"x 17" section of the Habitat map
1981 11"x 17" section of the Habitat map
2000 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:
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Salt Open Water
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Fresh Open Water
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Flats and Beaches
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Salt Marsh
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Fresh Marsh
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Forested Wetlands
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Wetland Scrub-shrub
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Upland Forested
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Upland Scrub-shrub
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Urban
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Agriculture-Range
5. Use the 1977
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 1977 map.
8.
Use the 1981 Habitat map.
9 Tape
an 11"x 17" clear film overlay along the top edge of the 1981
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 1981 Habitat map.
12. Re-examine
the wetland habitats labeled on the map and cross-reference with the
classification guide.
13. Use
the 2000 Habitat map.
14. Tape
an 11"x 17" clear film overlay along the top edge of the 2000
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 2000 Habitat map.