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SLOW BURN

TEN YEARS AGO, WHILE REPORTING ON THE BP oil spill, I fell hard for the Gulf Coast. Its spectacular wetlands seemed so underappreciated that I devoted the next year of my life to writing about them. In terms of biological richness and diversity, the region is America’s crown jewel.

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