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Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin "feels like a national park"

Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin “feels like a national park” John Snell © John Snell Cypress reflected in a bayou in the Atchafalaya Basin BELLE RIVER, LA (WVUE) - Gerard Perrone races the light, departing the Belle River Boat Launch before the sunrise in one of the most isolated spots in the continental U.S. “Feels like a national park,” Perrone said of his destination in the Atchafalaya Basin. “That’s what’s kept it wild,” Perrone said. “It’s not that easy to get to. It’s not that easy to enter into.” The Atchafalaya stretches from north of the I-10 west of Baton Rouge through cypress and tupelo swamp and into marsh, before pouring into the Gulf of Mexico.”