Although the source of culinary bay leaf (Laurus nobilis) is not indigenous to North America, two of its relatives — red bay (Persea borbonia) and swamp bay (P. palustris) — both grow wild in ...

"Swamp People" Help out Cottonwood FFA Published: Jul. 17, 2013, 8:48 p.m. Troy and Jacob Landry from the show “Swamp People” will be helping the Cottonwood FFA raise money.

COTTONWOOD trees that are dominating a section of walking track at Baldwin Swamp Environmental Park are to gradually be replaced with more appropriate species.