MAMOU, La. — Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill.
Feds, farmers create habitats for migrating birds
Thursday, July 29, 2010 | 6:22 p.m. CDT;
updated 7:17 p.m. CDT, Thursday, July 29, 2010
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