WETMAAP Skill 3
Wallops Island Element 2 

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

Materials:

1:250,000 1984 Chincoteague, VA, USGS Topographic Quadrangle

1:100,000 1981 Chincoteague, VA, USGS Topographic Quadrangle

1:24,000 1986 Chincoteague, VA, USGS Topographic Quadrangle

1959 Wallops Island Aerial Photograph

1972 Wallops island Aerial Photograph

2004 Wallops Island Aerial Photograph

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

Magnifying Glass

Exercise:

1. Using the aerial photography 1959, 1972, 2004, and the 1986 Chincoteague, VA USGS Topographic Quadrangle:

a.  Identify changes in the urban and agriculture sectors of the Wallops Island site.

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b.  Identify changes in upland forest within the Wallops Island site.

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c.  From observations of the topographic map, habitat maps, and aerial photos what characteristics make the Wallops Island site a typical salt marsh estuarine complex?

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d.  Using all the topographic maps and aerial photos available, when does the small island in the Chincoteague Channel (north of Chincoteague Point) first appear?

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