Photographic Essay
of the
Foster City Site California

The photographic essay focuses on Foster City in California (Figure 3.1). Photographs of selected wetland and floodplain locations are digital camera images taken by the WETMAAP Development Team, in 1996 and 2005 (Figure 3.2).

The photographic essay is for use with a series of aerial photographs, topographic maps, wetland and upland habitat maps, and selected materials that assist in the identification of changes of wetland and floodplain habitats.

The photographic essay identifies habitat changes within the floodplain of the Foster City. The essay shows representative examples of open water, vegetated wetlands, non-vegetated wetlands, and urban.

Figure 3.1: Proximal Location
The Foster City study site Redwood City and San Mateo Quadrangles

Figure 3.2: Foster City Photo Essay
Ground Photograph Locations With Line- of- Sight

Plate numbers correspond with circled numbers on the reduced section (Foster City site) of the Redwood City/San Mateo quadrangles. Arrows indicate directions of line-of-sight.