Alligator Bayou

Last night, we visited our dear friend, Jim over at Alligator Bayou Tours. Its so sad. Iberville Parish decided to open the locks for the canal that feeds Alligator Bayou and the Spanish Lake basin and have completely drained the bayou. Its left the place a waste land. Almost completely putting Alligator Bayou tours out of business. http://www.alligatorbayou.com/

I wish there was something more we could do to help save this beautiful, natural, wildlife preserve, but it looks bleak. Of course, there are pics.....

Bayou less than 1ft deep....will not sustain life for fish much longer.CJ and Jim trying to come up with a plan to save Alligator Bayou....

Roots of the Cypress trees are exposed and fish just fight in the low water level to survive.Jim feeding Hannibal. Jim calls the gators up by name and hand feeds them, each one. So amazing to see the love they have for this place and these "dragons". Simply beautiful.

CJ learning the ropes. Hannibal is one of the largest gators in the preserve and he is no 'gentle giant'. He can move fast and is unbelievably huge. He got CJ and Jim back over the fence pretty quickly. (note the picture of CJ and Jim from the back, CJ's shirt is ripped because of his quick retreat over the fence)Love Jim, Frank and Alligator Bayou. Praying for a quick resolution and recovery.