Trinity River

Texas

 

November  2007

 

 

 

Funded by:

NASA Airborne Science Program

 

 

Project Officer:

Andrew C. Roberts, Director

NASA Airborne Science Program

NASA Headquarters

Washington DC

 

 

 

WETMAAP Development Team

 

Catherine M. Lockwood                             Lawrence R. Handley

Co-coordinator                                                Co-coordinator

Professor of Geography                                   Geography

Chadron State College                                     U.S. Geological Survey

Chadron, Nebraska                                                     National Wetlands Research Center

                                                                       Lafayette, Louisiana

 

Nathan S. Handley                                              Jean May-Brett

Technical Consultant                                       Education Specialist Consultant

Seablue Technologies                         Department of Education

Montgomery, Alabama                      Baton Rouge Louisiana 

 

 

 

With the Special Assistance of:

Bruce Coffland

Operations Manager

NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, California 

 

 

Information and materials contributors:

 

Giselle Andersen, Chadron State College: organizing information and managing materials collation

 

Jason Dugas, IAP World Services: National Wetlands Research Center:

       Photo interpretation and image acquisition

 

Dennis Lichtneberg, IAP World Services: National Wetlands Research Center:

       Photo interpretation

 

Kelly Mouton, IAP World Services, National Wetlands Research Center:

      Mapping

 

Kimberly Morel, University of Louisiana at Lafayette: compilation and copying of maps and photos

 

Stuart Richards, Chadron State College: statistics and geographic summary

 

Gorden Wells, Texas Natural Resource Information Systems, Austin, Texas

 

 Other contributors:

 

Matt Coe, Chadron State College: packaging of materials

Crystal Ekberg, Chadron State College: packaging of materials

Richard Kunckle, Chadron State College: packaging of materials

Nebiyou Weldemeskel, Chadron State College: packaging of materials

 

Aerial Photography

       

        1930    Black and White, Trinity River, TX: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

        1956    Black and White, Trinity River, TX: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

        1995    Color Infrared (CIR) Trinity River, TX: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

      2004    Color Infrared (CIR) Trinity River, TX: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

      2004    Color Infrared (CIR) High Island, TX: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center 

 

Landsat  7 Thematic Mapper Satellite (TM) Images

        2002    Color Infrared (CIR), Trinity River:  Texas Natural Resource Information Systems, Austin, Texas

 

Maps

Portions of the following maps were used for site identification, skills and exercises, and wetland analysis:

                   

                  1:250,000 scale, 1975 Houston, TX,   Topographic Quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center                                       

                  1:100,000 scale, 1983 Anahuac, TX,   Topographic Quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center                                                                                             

      1:24,000 scale, 1993 Cove/ 1993 Anahuac, TX, Topographic Quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center              

      1:24,000 scale, 1962/1974 High Island, TX, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center     

                  Trinity River Habitat Map 1930: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

                  Trinity River Habitat Map 1956: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

                  Trinity River Habitat Map 1995: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center           

                  Trinity River Habitat Map 2004: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

Trinity River 1930 Land Cover: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands

      Research Center

Trinity River 1956 Land Cover: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands

      Research Center

Trinity River 1995 Land Cover: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands

      Research Center

Trinity River 2004 Land Cover:  U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

 

 

Trinity River  Background:       Compiled by Catherine M. Lockwood and Steward Richards

 

Skills and Techniques:                Developed by the WETMAAP Development Team

 

Photo Essay:                                Developed by the WETMAAP Development Team