The Mannahatta Project at the Wildlife Conservation Society has spent the past decade uncovering the original ecology of Manhattan: "a natural landscape of hills, valleys, forests, fields, freshwater wetlands, salt marshes, beaches, springs, ponds and streams, supporting a rich and abundant community of wildlife and sustaining people for perhaps 5000 years before Europeans arrived on the scene in 1609." The city was once "a vast deciduous forest, home to bears, wolves, songbirds, and salamanders, with clear, clean waters jumping with fish. In fact, with over 55 different ecological communities, Mannahatta’s biodiversity per acre rivaled that of national parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Great Smoky Mountains!"
Earlier this year, as part of the oservance of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival in New York Harbor, the Museum of the City of New York presented an exhibit on the project. If you missed it, you can read Mannahatta : A Natural History of New York City, by Eric W. Sanderson and illustrated by Markley Boyer.
The author will give a free talk on the Mannahatta Project at the Port Washington Public Library, on Tuesday December 8, 2009, at 7:30 pm. This project offers a fascinating opportunity to envision New York's preconcrete past
Earlier this year, as part of the oservance of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival in New York Harbor, the Museum of the City of New York presented an exhibit on the project. If you missed it, you can read Mannahatta : A Natural History of New York City, by Eric W. Sanderson and illustrated by Markley Boyer.
The author will give a free talk on the Mannahatta Project at the Port Washington Public Library, on Tuesday December 8, 2009, at 7:30 pm. This project offers a fascinating opportunity to envision New York's preconcrete past
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