The Mississippi Gulf Coast, inland from the beach itself, is heavily forested. Thick stands of pine and white oak, dogwood and mayhaw and river birch line the highways going west to New Orleans. This is Brett Favre country. The quarterback grew up in Kiln and still lives down here, just a few miles from the Gulfport/Biloxi airport.
deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans
way back up in the woods among the evergreens...
The region teems with wildlife: deer, opossum, raccoon, wild turkey, squirrel, duck, dove, all have habitat and hunting seasons here. The calls of mockingbirds and cardinals still echo through the evergreens, but the piney woods are dying.
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