Sentinel of the Marsh
by Scott Pellegrin
Title
Sentinel of the Marsh
Artist
Scott Pellegrin
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Photograph
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This is a color image of a dead oak tree in the salt marsh south of Golden Meadow, Louisiana. This is also available as a black & white image.
Much of the land loss is associated with the salt water intrusion, thus killing off the oaks and other trees and vegetation that are not salt-tolerant. The debate has been going on for many years regarding the loss of land in South Louisiana. The catalyst are the levees along the Mississippi blocking the much needed replenishment of nutrients and soils that once covered these areas. During the spring floods, the river and all its distributaries would overflow their banks and spread the sediment across the entire delta.
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June 7th, 2016
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