Note to audience: We asked our expert reporters, Amy Williams and Chad Gillis, and visuals journalist Andrew West, to share their favorite places for a swamp hike.
It’s hard to overstate the importance of wetlands to the environment.
These watery places – swamps, sloughs, strands and marshes, not to mention the River of Grass – help prevent flooding by holding rainfall. They also filter pollution and recharge our aquifers…