WETMAAP Technique 4
Mono Lake - Element 4
Technique 4: Analysis
Element 4: Lakeshore Changes
6 shoreline overlays taped together on 1:24,000 scale topographic
1999 Land Cover map
1985 Land Cover map
Table of
“Mono Lake Levels 1850-1998”
Exercise:
1. What was the difference in lake level elevations between the 1985 Land cover map and the 1999 Land Cover map?
2. Slide the 1999 Land cover map under the 1985 Shoreline overlay.
3. Was there a loss or gain of wetlands after 1985? ____________
4. Compare the 1999 Land Cover map to the post-stabilized shoreline.
5. What wetland habitats will be lost due to the rise in lake level?
6. From the discussion of wetlands Functions and Values and the causes of habitat change, provide a scenario of wetland change with shoreline change for Mono Lake, in particular for the proposed stabilized shoreline.