WETMAAP Skill 3
Red River Element 2 

Skill 3:      Visual Recognition
Element 2: Habitat Maps and Feature Overlays 

Materials:

1:24,000 scale 1980/1992 Shreveport East, LA, USGS Topographic Quadrangle

1959 Red River Aerial Photograph

1975 Red River Aerial Photograph

1985 Red River Aerial Photograph

2004 Red River Aerial Photograph

Habitat and feature overlays (from Tech. 2,Element 2 )

Magnifying Glass

Exercise:

1. Using the aerial photography 1959, 1975, 1985, 2004 and the 1980/1992 Shreveport East, LA, USGS Topographic Quadrangle:

a.  Identify changes in the Red River channel.

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b.  Identify changes in woodland / wetland forested / wetland scrub-shrub within the Red River site.

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c.  How has the area of Sunflower Point to Bagley Island changed over the last 50 + years?

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