The final land use product was the map of land use changes in the watershed from 1954 to 2002.  The produce this map, the two individual land use maps (from 1954 and 2002) were overlain, and an intersection function in GIS was used to delete all the areas that had not changed over the time period.
The remaining areas were then classified by the land use type they began as in 1954, and the type they ended up as in 2002.  These areas of change are displayed on the map shown, and are color coded according to their type.
One observation to note from this map is the regrowth of forested land (shown by the light and dark green areas).  This reversion to forest has occurred from previously agricultural and disturbed forest areas, and reflects the common trend of forest regrowth across the state of Maine.
The most important observation to note, however, is the increase in developed land that has accompanied forest regrowth (newly developed land is represented by the red, orange, and yellow areas).  This transformation has occurred primarily from previously forested land (this is the red areas), and judging from the appearance of the houses, the majority of the development occurred in the 1960Ős and 70Ős.
Probably most concerning is the fact that the residential development is concentrated along the lake shore, where inputs from developed land have the highest impact on water quality.
In the second half of the presentation, Kara will discuss how the land use patterns of the watershed fit into the P budget for the lake, and now Carolyn will discuss some of the modeling that was done using GIS and the land use maps we constructed.