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Mohonk Preserve’s Daniel Smiley Research Center has been collecting information about the flora and fauna of the Shawanagunk Ridge in upstate New York since the early 20th Century. The information contained in these records can inform studies of biodiversity, ecology, animal migration, phenology, land use change, and species’ range changes. Help us make the data archived here available to all.
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The Natural History Observation Card File consists of 14,000 3x5 notecards containing extensive natural history observations of the flora and fauna of the Shawangunk Ridge recorded by Daniel Smiley (1907-1989) – prominent regional naturalist and Mohonk Preserve co-founder – and other research associates. The card file, together with the Preserve’s other natural history collections and weather/phenological data, are valuable for research because of their long-term consistency, providing a record of changes in the natural world over many decades. Each index card contains information similar to a museum specimen label (i.e. date, location, observer’s name, taxonomy), and other pertinent information such as weather, behavior (for animals), phenological information, and historical context.