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Louisiana's
abundant cypress swamps offer beautiful vistas and provide important
habitat for many species of fish and wildlife including bald eagles.
Similar to other marsh and swamp habitats in the Louisiana coastal
zone, cypress forests are disappearing because of factors such
as subsidence, hydrologic alteration, and development pressures
such as road construction, flood protection and logging. Cypress
trees are long-lived species that grow and regenerate very slowly.
Some of the restoration efforts in the LCA Plan are focused on
swamp health to improve the quantity and quality of these special
wetland forests. This photo shows a stand of cypress trees near
Indian Bayou in the Atchafalaya basin. |
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