Palmetto Utility and Swamp Fashion
All throughout the swamps of southeastern Louisiana the most memorable understory shrub is the Dwarf Palmetto. Out of 2500 plus varieties of palm in the world, this is one of only a dozen native to the United States. Looking back to the civil war days, during tough times, palmetto hats became commonplace across the south….
Secrets of the Gulf
Nature and Tree Nerd If you’re a nature/tree nerd such as myself then listen up, you may find this story interesting. Back in 2013, a sonar scan of the gulf floor got a strange reading off the coast of Alabama. From the reading, it appeared that several hundred lumpy structures were protruding from the ocean…
Louisiana Land Loss
Louisiana Land Loss I sat down with a man tonight. He has lived in Southeastern Louisiana his entire life. At 65 years of age, he lived in a Louisiana before the highway era. This was a time between the states golden age as a commercial powerhouse and its new emergence as the unspoken capital of…