WETMAAP Skill 3
Weweantic River - Element 2

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

Materials:

1:25,000 scale, 1977-1972 Snipatuit Pond – Wareham; 1977-1974 Plympton – Plymouth, Mass, USGS Topographic Quadrangles, USGS Topographic Quadrangle USGS Topographic Quadrangles
1974 Weweantic River Aerial Photograph
1985 Weweantic River Aerial Photograph
1995 Weweantic River Aerial Photograph
Habitat and feature overlays (from Tech. 2, Element 2)
Magnifying Glass

Exercise:

Using the aerial photography 1974, 1985, 1995, and the USGS Topographic Quadrangle, indicate:

1. Most cranberry bogs have been built in what habitat types?

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2. Visually recognize the changes in agriculture, 1974 through 1995.

3. The greatest increase in cranberry bog acreage occurred between which dates?

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

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