Snakes in the Louisiana Swamp: What to Know (and Why Not to Worry)
Let me guess why you’re reading this. You want to paddle a Louisiana swamp, the idea sounds incredible, and then some corner of your brain goes: wait, snakes. I hear it on the phone all the time. A guest gets quiet at the put-in, scans the water, and finally asks the real question they came…
Nutria: The Invasive Rodent Eating the Louisiana Swamp
You are ten minutes into a paddle, the water is glass, and something the size of a fat housecat slides off the bank and swims right across your bow. Round tail. Slow. Not bothered by you at all. Then it turns its head and you catch two front teeth the color of a traffic cone….
Alligator vs Crocodile: What’s the Difference?
People ask me this one on the water almost every trip. Someone points at a gator sunning on a log and says, wait, is that an alligator or a crocodile? Fair question. The two animals get mixed up constantly, they show up in the same cartoons, and half the internet uses the words like they…