Vice President for Urban Conservation
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York
Eric W. Sanderson is an ecologist, conservationist, and author who sees nature through the city. He is the author of the bestselling book "Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City" (Abrams, 2009) and is currently working on the five-borough sequel, "Before New York: An Atlas and Gazetteer" (Abrams, exp. 2026). He is also the author of "Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs" (Abrams, 2013) and lead editor of "Prospects for Resilience: Insights from New York City's Jamaica Bay." Sanderson earned a Ph.D. in ecosystem and landscape ecology from UC Davis in 1998.
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FRI-D09: Rewilding New York City—History, Design & Ecology
Friday, October 10, 2025
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT