WETMAAP Skill 1
San Pedro - Element
Skill 1:
Map Use
Element 3: Classification of
Wetland and Upland Habitats
Color classification chart
Colored pencils
Colored permanent marking pens
Drafting tape
Ultra fine black marking pen
(2) 11” x
17” clear film overlays
1984
11”x 17” section of the Habitat map
1996 11”x
17” section of the Habitat map
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
{
Flats and
Beaches
{
Urban
5.
Use the 1984 Habitat
map.
6.
Examine the wetland habitats
labeled on the map and cross-reference with the classification guide.
7.
Using the colored pencils,
the classification guide, and the color table prepared above, color (fill-in) polygons on
the 1984 map.
8.
Use the 1996 Habitat
map
9.
Tape an 11”x 17”
clear film overlay along the top edge of the 1996
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 1996 Habitat map
12. Re-examine the wetland habitats labeled on the map and cross-reference with the classification guide.