Cypress Bayou

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Big Cypress Bayou in Jefferson, Texas off of U.S. Route 59.
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Big Cypress Bayou in Jefferson, Texas off of U.S. Route 59.

Cypress Bayou is the name applied to a series of wetlands at the western edge of Caddo Lake, in and around Jefferson, Texas, making up part of the largest Cypress forest in the world. The bayou is divided into three areas—each part of the watershed of a small river or creek—Little Cypress, Big Cypress, and Black Cypress. The features had been modified by human beings in the 19th and 20th centuries, but today is endangered by pollution, development, and the deforestation the Piney Woods that surround the bayous through clear cutting. Large groves of trees have completely died off, and land has been recently deforested up to the edge of the water.


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