The Swamp Man

May 1, 2012, www.sierraclub.org | “Dean Wilson survived in southern Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin for months by catching swamp critters for food, but this rugged outdoorsman has a soft spot for trees.

When he found out that loggers were clear-cutting thousands of acres of cypress trees to make mulch for flower gardens, he says, that was the last straw.”

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“Dean Wilson survived in southern Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin for months by catching swamp critters for food, but this rugged outdoorsman has a soft spot for trees.

When he found out that loggers were clear-cutting thousands of acres of cypress trees to make mulch for flower gardens, he says, that was the last straw.”

http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201205/louisiana-bald-cypress-156.aspx

The bald cypress of southern Louisiana is resilient and rot-resistant—and so is Dean Wilson, its most ardent defender

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