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Alabama’s River Delta 2nd largest in America

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published April 13, 2017 at 3:06 AM PDT
5 Rivers Resource Center looking out on the estuary
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5 Rivers Resource Center looking out on the estuary
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Lushness of foliage creates a scene like a painting
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Lushness of foliage creates a scene like a painting
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Sunset on the delta
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Sunset on the delta
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Sunset on the Delta with City of Mobile on the Horizon
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Sunset on the Delta with City of Mobile on the Horizon
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Pelican soaring in search of food
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Pelican soaring in search of food

Alabama’s inland delta is the second largest in America behind the Mississippi. Two thirds of the state of Alabama and portions of Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi drain to a common point in the Mobile Delta. The State of Alabama ranks fifth, nationwide in biodiversity and richness of plant and animal species. Join 5 Rivers Resource Center Director Hank Burch as he shares his passion and insights about this unique ecosystem environment.

The 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center is located just off the Mobile causeway in Spanish Fort, Alabama midway between Mobile and Pensacola. 

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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