A Wetland Biography: Seasons on Louisiana's Chenier Plain

by Gay M. Gomez

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Louisiana's Chenier Plain is a 2,200-square-mile region of marshes and oak-covered ridges (cheniers) that stretches along the Gulf of Mexico from Sabine Lake to Vermilion Bay. Its inhabitants, some 6,000 people of Cajun and other ancestries, retain strong economic and cultural ties to the land and its teeming wildlife. They call it paradise...but it is a vulnerable paradise. In this multifaceted study, Gay Gomez explores the interaction of the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0292728123

ISBN13:9780292728127

Release Date:December 1998

Publisher:University of Texas Press

Length:286 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Biological Sciences Conservation Ecology Ecosystems Environment Geography Nature Nature & Ecology Regional Science

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