WETMAAP Technique 3
Golden Meadow - Element 1

Technique 3:  Recognition of Wetland Change
Element 1:  Evaluate Habitat Change

Materials:

            Colored Habitat maps and overlays (attached together) from Skill 3,  Element 1

Exercise:          

          1.     Use the  Colored Habitat maps and overlays (attached together) from Skill 3,  Element 1.

                                  2.     List at least two differences observed:

                        Note:    Place a piece of white paper between the 1956 colored habitat map and the 1978 colored overlay to observe the difference between the 1978, 1988, and 1995  colored habitats.

 

1956 and 1978 1.  _________________________________
2.  _________________________________
   
1978 and 1988 1. _________________________________
2. _________________________________
   
1988 and 1995 1.  _________________________________
2. _________________________________

3.   Visually examine the colored habitat maps to determine if the following habitats increased or decreased between each time period. Write increase, decrease, or stayed the same in the boxes.

Time Salt Open Water Fresh Open Water Flats & Beaches

Salt
Marsh

Fresh
Marsh		 Forested Wetlands Wetland Scrub-shrub Upland Forested Upland Scrub-shrub Urban Ag/
Range
periods                      
1956-1978                      
1978-1988                      
1988-1995