WETMAAP Skill 1
Weedon Island - Element 3

Skill 1: Map Use
Element 3: Classification of Wetland and Upland Habitats

Materials:

1951 11"x 17" section of the Habitat map

1979 11"x 17" section of the Habitat map

1991 11"x 17" section of the Habitat map

2002 11"x 17" section of the Habitat map

Exercise:

Note: This exercise can be worked in groups of two or three 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

¨ Fresh Open Water

¨ Flats and Beaches

¨ Salt Marsh

¨ Fresh Marsh

¨ Forested Wetlands

¨ Wetland Scrub-shrub

¨ Upland Forested

¨ Upland Scrub-shrub

¨ Urban

¨ Agriculture-Range

5. Use the 1951 Habitat map.

6. Examine the wetland habitats labeled on the map and cross reference with the classification guide.

7. Using the color pencils, the classification guide, and the color table prepared above, color (fill-in) the polygons on the 1951 map.

8. Use the 1979 Habitat map.

9 Tape an 11"x 17" clear film overlay along the top edge of the 1979 Habitat map.

10. Use the Black pen to make four "corner marks" (_) 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 1979 Habitat map.

12. Re-examine the wetland habitats labeled on the map and cross reference with the classification guide.

13 Use the 1991 Habitat map.

14. Tape an 11"x 17" clear film overlay along the top edge of the 1991 Habitat map.

15. Use the Black pen to make four "corner marks" (_) on the overlay, one at each corner of the study site.

16. Use the color marker pens, the classification guide, and the color table prepared above, color (fill-in) the polygons on the 1991 Habitat map.

17. Use the 2002 Habitat map.

18. Tape an 11"x 17" clear film overlay along the top edge of the 2002 Habitat map.

19. Use the Black pen to make four "corner marks" (_) on the overlay, one at each corner of the study site.

20. Use the color marker pens, the classification guide, and the color table prepared above, color (fill-in) the polygons on the 2002 Habitat map.