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The former Natural Areas Ecologist of the Central Park Conservancy celebrates this extraordinary urban oasis with nine intimate walking tours that reveal the park's rich natural heritage and hidden treasures; complete with 9 maps and 18 original watercolors and drawings by artist Alan Messer depicting actual birds, flowers, trees and shrubs found within the park. Completely revised and updated.

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Dennis Burton studied literature, history and ecology at Stony Brook University. After four years in the United State military, then traveling independently, he entered the field of restoration ecology, working as the first natural areas ecologist in Central Park and as Director of the Schuylkill Valley Nature Center in Philadelphia. He founded the Society for Ecological Restoration - Mid Atlantic Chapter in 2005, taught at Temple and Philadelphia Universities, and lectured and presented at various conferences and symposia including City College of New York, University of Maryland, University of Connecticut, and Pennsylvania State College. He has authored and co-authored many articles and research papers on ecology and the environment. Dennis is currently a restoration ecologist with New York City Parks Department.

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