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Printed with permission from the following National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research sites involved in the Agrarian Lands in Transition (http://ces.asu.edu/agtrans/) grant (#DEB-0216560): CAP, CWT, HFR, KBS, KNZ, SGS. Data: How to Read It How to Use It.
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Printed with permission from the following National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research sites involved in the Agrarian Lands in Transition (http://ces.asu.edu/agtrans/) grant (#DEB-0216560): CAP, CWT, HFR, KBS, KNZ, SGS Data:How to Read It How to Use It Data:How to Read It How to Use It 6
Printed with permission from the following National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research sites involved in the Agrarian Lands in Transition (http://ces.asu.edu/agtrans/) grant (#DEB-0216560): CAP, CWT, HFR, KBS, KNZ, SGS Look at the GIS maps of Petersham in Massachusetts in 1830 and in 1999. What is the most significant change that occurred?
Printed with permission from the following National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research sites involved in the Agrarian Lands in Transition (http://ces.asu.edu/agtrans/) grant (#DEB-0216560): CAP, CWT, HFR, KBS, KNZ, SGS Based on these pictures found at: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/museum/landscape.html and the previous GIS maps, summarize the changes that have occurred in Massachusetts? Pre Settlement , 1700 Settler clears homestead Forest clearing for agriculture, 1830 Farm abandonment White Pine forest on abandoned farmland Hardwoods succeed White Pine Forest growth Today
Printed with permission from the following National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research sites involved in the Agrarian Lands in Transition (http://ces.asu.edu/agtrans/) grant (#DEB-0216560): CAP, CWT, HFR, KBS, KNZ, SGS Here is a series of pictures displaying central Arizona’s land use over time. Describe what happened to agriculture and desert land as people moved in. Regional land use, 1912 Regional land use, 1934 Regional land use, 1955 Regional land use, 1975 Regional land use, 1995 Regional land use, 2000
Printed with permission from the following National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research sites involved in the Agrarian Lands in Transition (http://ces.asu.edu/agtrans/) grant (#DEB-0216560): CAP, CWT, HFR, KBS, KNZ, SGS Looking at the previous maps of Arizona, why do you think the natural land (desert) was being taken away in Arizona and the natural land (forest) is continuing to grow in Massachusetts?