Welcome to Rochester's online natural history guide, The Nature of
Rochester. The purpose of this Web site is to expand awareness and
appreciation of nature in Upstate New York.
This endeavor requires the help of many people including amateurs and
professionals. We need photographers, painters, graphic artists,
writers, scientists, birdwatchers, and anyone else with an interest in
nature to contact us. We need donated images, lots of images, of
everything from microscopic life to mountains and comets. We can't
guarantee that every image donated to us will be used, but we will
credit those who donate images. If you want your original back after we
scan it, provide packaging and return postage. Label your work and
provide us with a caption. We need natural history or wildlife stories
related to Upstate New York. These stories may be fiction or
non-fiction. Not every story submitted will be published online. We
reserve full editorial discretion. Stories will be edited, credited, and
links provided to the author's Web site and e-mail address.
A project of this scale also requires the financial support of
corporations and individuals. Advertising banner space is available to
individuals and corporations.
This guide takes the term "under construction" to a new level.
It will never be finished. It will be updated and revised constantly as
resources increase and technology evolves.
An online discussion about the nature of Rochester is accessible at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/natureofrochester. Share
your knowledge about the nature of Rochester, New York. Ask questions
about animals, plants, fossils, and other natural objects and phenomena
that you discover in our geographic region. Help others identify
creatures and objects they have discovered. Contribute stories and
photographs about the nature of Rochester, NY.
If you wish to become involved by contributing images, words, or
cash, contact:
Max Lent
812 Coventry Drive, Webster, NY 14580
585-670-9707
Life sciences (only those topics underlined and in blue are links)
Bookstore. Order books through
us and support this Web site.
New York Paleontological
Society. "The New York Paleontological Society was founded
as a forum to inform and educate its members and the public at large
concerning the nature, interrelationships and evolutionary
development of all kinds of living things throughout geologic time -
especially through the study of their fossils and allied geological
information."
The Paleontological
Research Institution. "It is PRI's mission to increase and
disseminate knowledge about the history and evolution of the Earth
and its life."
PaleoResearch "Prehistoric Pittsford & the Erie Canal"
Educational site to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the
discovery of prehistoric animals (eurypterids) at Pittsford, New
York (1900-1903). Samuel J. Ciurca, geologist.
"The Hamburg Natural History Society, Inc. was founded in 1993.
Mission Statement. "To promote the study of the sciences with
an emphasis on the field activities associated with the geological
and biological sciences; to develop, administrate and maintain the
Penn Dixie Site: Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center in
Hamburg, New York; promote a regional fossil site to foster and
encourage a medium for the public to study and collect fossils;
encourage and promote upper level training of in-service teachers;
and aid in obtaining and administering funds to promote the study of
natural history in the Western New York Region."
Rochester
Academy of Science Fossil Section. "The Fossil Section is
open to all who have an interest in the collecting, study,
preparation and display of fossils. Active participation by members
in the program to collect, preserve, and study paleontological
material is encouraged. The Section is pledged to work, in
cooperation with scientific institutions for the preservation of the
geologic record. Members are encouraged to actively participate in
the monthly meetings. Several field trips to fossil collecting sites
in New York State are held each year.
Talks by professional paleontologists or knowledgeable collectors
are coupled with interesting displays of fossil finds. Meetings are
followed by a social hour with refreshments and open discussion of
fossil and fossil collecting."
