WETMAAP Skill 3
Weedon Island - Element 2

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

Materials:

1:24,000 scale 1998 Safety Harbor/Gandy Bridge/ Saint Petersburg, FL; 1956/81 Port Tampa, FL,USGS Topographic Quadrangle

1951 Aerial Photography

1979 Aerial Photography

1991 Aerial Photography

2002 Aerial Photography

Habitat and feature overlays (from Technique 2, Element 2)

Exercise:

1. Using the aerial photography 1951, 1979, 1991, 2002 and the USGS Topographic Quadrangle, indicate whether the feature was present on those dates. Complete the matrix by writing YES (Y), NO (N), CHANGED (C), or NOT CHANGED (NC) in each box under the date of the aerial photography.

2. The electric power generating plant was built on which habitat types?

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3. Visually recognize the changes in seagrasses, 1951 through 2002.

4. Visually recognize the changes in mangroves, 1951 through 2002.

5. Describe the differences observed in wetlands identified on the USGS Topographic Quadrangle and the habitat overlays.