Genesee Valley Audubon Society November Program
GVAS presents ONE CUBIC FOOT of the Genesee River
MONDAY, November 16, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Brighton Town Hall, UPSTAIRS Auditorium, 2300 Elmwood Ave., Brighton
This summer the Seneca Park Zoo embarked upon an amazingly interesting project to examine life in the Genesee River and introduce you to it.
The Zoo Society hosted environmentalist and photographer David Liittschwager and members of the Smithsonian Institute as they replicate Liittschwager’s efforts to identify the biodiversity found in one cubic foot.
David Liittschwager has been documenting the biodiversity of ecosystems around the globe for more than a decade. Using a one-cubic-foot frame set into nature, he records everything that moves in and out of the cube within a 24-hour period, and creates a stunningly beautiful portrait of the rich biodiversity of one tiny piece of the world, whether in the rainforest in Costa Rica, in a treetop in Capetown, in the coral reef, in Central Park, and now, in the Genesee River. Liittschwager is author of A World in One Cubic Foot: Portraits of Biodiversity and numerous other books of photography of endangered plants and animals. His work has been featured by National Geographic.
David and his crew documented macro-invertebrates, small creatures you can hardly see, and large fish and other wildlife. Many of these creatures would not have been found in the river 20 to 30 years ago when the river water wasn’t as clean as it is now.
Join Genesee Valley Audubon Society and the Seneca Park Zoo on November 16, 2015 to discover the biodiversity of the Genesee River ecosystem and the quality of the water that supports it.
For more information visit www.gvaudubonorg.
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