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Conservationists try to protect ecologically rich Alabama delta from development, climate change
MOBILE-TENSAW DELTA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of American lotuses carpet the water's surface, faces turned toward the morning sun. Bright yellow warblers flit among cypress trees along a creek bank. A paddlefish jumps as a motorboat rounds a bend. The Mobile-Tensaw Delta — a lush,...
Takeaways from AP's story on Alabama's ecologically important Mobile-Tensaw Delta and its watershed
Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta is a more-than 400-square-mile (1,036-square-kilometer) expanse of cypress swamps, oxbow lakes, marshland, hardwood stands and rivers unusually rich in plant and animal diversity. It's also a critical conduit between the rest of Alabama and the Gulf of...
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