WETMAAP Skill 1
Mono Lake - Element 3

Skill 1:  Map Use
Element 3:  Classification of Wetland and Upland Habitats

Exercise:

Note: This exercise can be worked in groups of two 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:

Salt Open Water

Fresh Open Water

Flats and Beaches

Salt Marsh

Fresh Marsh

Forested Wetlands

Wetland Scrub-shrub

Upland Forest

Upland Scrub-shrub

Urban

Agriculture

4.           Use the 1985 Habitat map.

5.           Examine the wetland habitats labeled on the map and cross reference with the classification guide.

6.           Using the colored pencils, the classification guide, and the color table prepared above, color (fill-in) polygons on the 1985 map.

7.           Use the 1999 Habitat map

8.           Tape  an 11”x 17” clear film overlay along the top edge of  the 1999 Habitat map.

9.           Use the Black pen to make four “corner marks” (2) on the overlay, one at each corner of the study site.

10.       Use the color marker pens, the classification guide, and the color Table prepared above, color (fill-in) the polygons on the 1999 Habitat ma

12.   Re-examine the wetland habitats labeled on the map and cross reference with the classification guide.