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Atchafalaya Basin, located in south-central Louisiana, contains the largest wetland and swamp in the United States. The basin is most well known for the 260,000 acres of iconic cypress-tupelo swamps. It is a land of bayous, bald cypress swamps, marshes, and brackish waters that join with the ocean in the Gulf of Mexico. The sparsely inhabited wilderness floods frequently and is accessible by only a few roads that follow the tops of the levees, including Interstate 10. The threatened Louisiana Black Bear calls the basin’s forest home. The Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect the habitat of several endangered and threatened wildlife species, which include alligators, waterfowl, and other migratory birds.

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