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San Francisco’s Historical Ecology 7 Oct 2010 | 08:28 am
The Landscape Ecology Insider knows that the world of historical ecology is a pretty small world, which makes colleagues all the more valuable. A stand out on the opposite coast is the Historical Ec...
In case you were wondering… WAY-lee-ki-a 2 Oct 2010 | 08:14 am
Hear a real Lenape speaker say “my good home” through the Lenape Talking Dictionary (Welikia link ), the official online talking dictionary for the Delaware Tribe’s native language. The Lenape lived ...
So Many Maps! 2 Oct 2010 | 07:26 am
The Landscape Ecology Insider will appreciate that one of the challenges of Welikia is so many maps! When we worked on the Mannahatta Project, we didn’t really appreciate how we much we were blesse...
So how do you say “Welikia” anyway? 2 Oct 2010 | 07:04 am
Hear a real Lenape speaker say “my good home” with the Lenape Talking Dictionary the official online talking dictionary for the Delaware Tribe’s native language. The Lenape lived in the New York City...
Of Storms and Trees 24 Sep 2010 | 02:32 pm
The great storm of 2010 – two tornadoes and a microburst – that swept across Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens last week got the Landscape Ecology Insider thinking about trees falling down. Four hun...
The Hills and Valleys of Staten Island 12 Sep 2010 | 01:05 pm
A key part of the historical ecology which the Landscape Ecology Insider loves so much is the topography. The undulations of the Earth set up the primal ecological interactions of soil, water and lig...
The On-line Map Rectifier Revolution 12 Sep 2010 | 12:42 pm
A major technological advance since the time we started the Mannahatta Project is home-grown in New York City. The New York Public Library’s Map Rectifier puts the ability to georeference historical ...
Beyond Mannahatta – the Welikia Project 12 Sep 2010 | 12:23 pm
On September 14, 2010, the Wildlife Conservation Society launched the Welikia Project, an effort to document the historical ecology of all of New York City and compare it to the current biodiversity o...
Welcome to the Landscape Ecology Insider! 12 Sep 2010 | 11:48 am
Lappawinsoe thanks you and we thank you for your support of the Welikia Project , beyond Mannahatta! As you know, the Wildlife Conservation Society is taking the “Mannahatta” treatment (see Science) ...
Daniel Denton’s Brief Description 12 Sep 2010 | 10:09 am
An important early account of western Long Island can be found in Daniel Denton’s 1670 account of his stay in New York, which he describes as a “true Relation of a known unknown part of America,” a se...
