Balancing Conservation And Commerce
26 July 2001 - 12:00pm
In Cypress Island Preserve, Louisiana, birds and oil wells are neighbors.
"In the heart of Cajun country, a wilderness preservation group and an oil company are trying to strike a balance between conservation and commerce. That is the goal of the Cypress Island Preserve, one of the nation's largest and most important wading-bird rookeries and the site of a handful of oil and gas wells, three miles from Breaux Bridge on the western edge of the Atchafalaya Basin in southwestern Louisiana."
Source:
The New York Times, July 23, 2001
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