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The Louisiana Coast: Guide to an American Wetland (Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)

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Hurricane Katrina gave the nation an urgent reminder of the extent and value of Louisiana’s wetlands when day-to-day discussions of subsidence and sedimentation revealed how much unusual coastal processes impact humanity—and vice versa. Now, with a native Louisiana naturalist as a guide, readers can learn the way best to enjoy, appreciate, and give protection to this vanishing landscape.

Part natural history and part field guide, The Louisiana Coast takes readers across one of only three major chenier plains on the earth to the Atchafalaya Basin, the largest river basin swamp on the continent, and through the network of bayous, natural levees, cypress swamps, marshes, and barrier islands of the Deltaic Plain.

Color photographs illustrate chapters on vegetation, natural world, and the wealthy human culture that defines Louisiana. With the intimate knowledge of one whose life has been shaped by this remarkable environment, creator Gay M. Gomez leads visitors to nature trails, natural world refuges, Audubon sanctuaries, and parks. A visitor’s guide at the end of the book features destinations open to the public for natural world watching, photography, and even hunting, fishing, crabbing, and cast netting.

Everyone who lives in or visits Louisiana and someone interested in the conservation, ecology, natural history, and geography of the region will appreciate Gomez’s exploration of the land, its people, its resources, and its vulnerabilities. The Louisiana Coast will encourage readers to share the creator’s love for this vital, distinct, and beautiful place.

 

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