While politicians talk, the wetlands disappear. All these trees are dead or dying. Within 5 years they will all be dead. I did not see one single healthy cypress tree, nor any newly emerging cypress trees in the 5 miles of bayou I checked.
Politicians continue to talk of fresh water diversions from the Mississippi River to save the wetlands. It is too late for this cypress swamp. Nothing can save it now.
In "other sizes" click on "original" to get a close-up of the pitiful condition of these trees, even those with some foliage remaining.