Nature and travel writer Mike Tidwell will appear at UT in the Plant Hall
Music Room on Thursday, April 22, at 8 p.m. to discuss the rapid disappearance
of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands.
Tidwell, author of Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of
Louisiana’s Cajun Coast, will cite oak trees killed by the increasing
salinity of the region’s groundwater, whole cemeteries sinking into swampland,
and telephone poles perpetually in standing water in his discussion of the
fastest disappearing landmass on Earth and other global water management
problems.
The author of four previous books and a contributor to National Geographic
Traveler, Reader’s Digest and the Washington Post, Tidwell has received two
Lowell Thomas awards for travel journalism and an NEA fellowship. His UT
appearance is part of the Writers at the University series and is presented in
cooperation with the Baccalaureate Experience’s Global Exploration
Series.
For more information, contact the Office of Public Information at
publicinfo@ut.edu.