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The First Asian American Settlement Was Established by Filipino Fishermen
The fishing village in marshlands of present-day Louisiana was settled by the so-called Manilamen as early as 1763.
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The fishing village in marshlands of present-day Louisiana was settled by the so-called Manilamen as early as 1763.
The history of the oldest known permanent Asian American settlement remains mysterious and as murky as the mosquito-infested marshland it was built on. Saint Malo was first established as a fishing village along the shores of Lake Borgne in Louisiana in the 18th century and continued to flourish until the 20th century.
One tree at a time, volunteers and activists grow a new forest of Louisiana cypress trees
Young trees may already provide a degree of hurricane protection
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Near the St. Bernard-Plaquemines Parish line, not far from the Mississippi River, 20-25 foot tall cypress trees appear as though they have been there for decades.
In fact, most of them are less than a decade old.
“This tree is flushing out with the spring and, for all intents and purposes, it looks really, really happy,” said Eva Hillmann, Ph.D., a coastal scientist with the Pontchartrain Conservancy.