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CONTEST Winner - Name the #WashingtonSquarePark Ecology Map

There were 32 entries to the Name the Washington Square Park Ecology Map Contest. Before announcing the winning name, a thank you to our judges - Casey Brown, Jennifer Casriel, Katherine Keltner, and Cathryn Swan - for considering the names, and to the creative individuals who submitted entries to the contest. The grand prize for the winning name is a copy each of Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City by Leslie Day and New York City Trees by Edward Sibley Bernard. The books were provided courtesy of The John Hopkins University Press and Columbia University Press, respectively. On to the winning name! WSP Eco Map . Makes sense, right?! The name is short but it conveys what the map is about.  Congratulations to Lorna of Seattle ! The complete name of the map is WSP Eco Map: The Wild Things of Washington Square Park in your Pocket (or your desktop). "Park in Your Pocket" was submitted by Duncan Brine. The contest was not conceived with a runner-up pri

[New Deadline] CONTEST - Name the #WashingtonSquarePark Ecology Map

Image: Daylilies in Washington Square Park, photo courtesy Hubert J. Steed ( source ) Washington Square Park Ecology (WSP Ecology) is an environmental initiative to celebrate the wild things in the park. WSP Ecology’s first project is a mobile map of the trees, the historic flow and contemporary route of the channelized Minetta Brook/Creek, and the other environmental assets in the park such as nesting boxes . Local Ecology partnered with Washington Square Park Blog to raise money to hire a map developer. Thirty five donors gave $3,050 to the campaign which was hosted on ioby.org . The mobile map needs a name! Leave your name suggestion in the comments by Friday, December 14 Monday, December 15 at 11:59 pm EST. The names will be reviewed by Local Ecology, Casey Brown, two donors, and Washington Square Park Blog. The winning name will be announced on Friday, December 21, 2014 - Winter Solstice. You can also tweet your suggestion to @localecologist (include #WSPEcology). We are also o