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Louisiana Cypress Island Reserve at Lake Martin, is part of the Atchafalaya River protected area of Bald Cypress State Park.

In the heart of Acadian Louisiana, Lake Martin (fo treesrmerly known as Lake la Pointe) is a naturally occurring open body of water within a cypress-tupelo swamp. Each fall and winter this low area would fill with rainwater and backwater from the Vermilion River and Bayou Teche. It would drain gradually through the spring and become essentially dry in summer. In the early 1950s, private landowners and a local agency agreed to construct a five-mile levee around the lake and forested areas to hold water throughout the year. The impounded area within the levee was designated as a fish and game preserve open for public recreation. Today Lake Martin is approximately 765 acres, with about 200 acres of open water and the rest a permanently-flooded cypress-tupelo swamp.

Lake Martin is part of the greater Lake Martin Important Bird Area and is situated withi...

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