Writing on his blog, Connected by Nature, Ken Lo described Marsh Madness "as a personal exploration of wetlands – marshes, bogs, fens, swamps, prairie potholes, vernal pools – during the course of the annual NCAA tournament....“Brackishology” is a play on “bracketology,” a term used by sports folks to talk about the selections and matchups or brackets in the elimination tournament." Consider this essay our entry. Image: Minetta Stream, Viele (1865) 1874 "water map" of Manhattan, David Rumsey Map Collection ( source ) Minetta Brook once ran above ground in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York. Emerging between 21st and 20th Streets, it flowed through the western section of Washington Square Park to the Hudson River. Image: Minetta Brook, ca. 1700s, "Cultural Landscape Report, Washington Square Park (2006)" ( source ) Image: The Minetta Waters, 1817, "Washington Square Park Phase 1A Archaeological Assessment (2005)"( sour