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

1:24,000 scale 1997/1993 San Mateo, CA / Redwood City, CA, USGS Topographic Quadrangles
1958    Foster City Aerial Photograph
1985    Foster City Aerial Photograph
2000    Foster City Aerial Photograph
Habitat and feature overlays (from Tech. 2, Element 2)       
Magnifying Glass

Exercise:
1.   Using the aerial photography 1958, 1985, 2000, and the 1997/1993 San Mateo, CA / Redwood City, CA, USGS Topographic Quadrangles:
 
 
              a.   Identify changes in the San Francisco Bay shoreline.
 
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    b.     Identify changes in flats and beaches within the Foster City site.
 
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    c.     How has the area of Redwood City between Belmont Slough and Steinberger Slough changed over the last 50 years?
 
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