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

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:

ð                   Salt Open Water

ð                   Fresh Open Water

ð                   Flats and Beaches

ð                   Salt Marsh

ð                   Fresh Marsh

ð                   Forested Wetlands

ð                   Wetland Scrub-shrub

ð                   Upland Forested            

ð                   Upland Scrub-shrub

ð                   Urban

ð                   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.

          8.           Use the 1978 Habitat 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.