Description
Louisiana's bayous and their watersheds teem with cypress trees, alligators, crawfish, and many other life forms. From Bayou Tigre to Half Moon Bayou, these sluggish streams meander through lowlands, marshes, and even uplands to dominate the state's landscape. In Bayou-Diversity, conservationist Kelby Ouchley reveals the bayou's intricate web of flora and fauna.
Through a collection of essays about Louisiana's natural history, Ouchley details an amazing array of plants and animals found in the Bayou State. Baldcypress, orchids, feral hogs, eels, black bears, bald eagles, and cottonmouth snakes live in the well over a hundred bayous of the region. Collectively, Ouchley's vignettes portray vibrant and complex habitats. But human interaction with the bayou and our role in its survival, Ouchley argues, will determine the future of these intricate ecosystems.
Bayou-Diversity narrates the story of the bayou one flower, one creature at a time, in turn illustrating the bigger picture of this treasured and troubled Louisiana landscape.
Author: Kelby Ouchley
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 10/10/2011
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.31h x 5.86w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780807138595
ISBN10: 0807138592
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry | Environmental)
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
About the Author
Kelby Ouchley, a former biologist and manager for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, is the author of Flora and Fauna of the Civil War: An Environmental Reference Guide and recipient of the Louisiana Governor's Conservationist of the Year Award presented by the National Wildlife Federation.