Hidden Bayou – Nathaniel Rich.

“Did Nieux Swamp resemble the original deltaic marsh, before it had
been ruined by sea level rise, shipping canals, and pipelines? Or
had the Foundation’s engineers created an alien landscape?” This
week, acclaimed author Nathaniel Rich invites us to step into a
short story that blurs the line between climate fiction and our
emerging, engineered future. In “Hidden Bayou,” an
actuary-turned-field-biologist follows an endangered bird through a
man-made climate mitigation project funded by a multibillion dollar
corporation. When a surprising encounter disrupts his duties, he is
left to confront his own role in the eerie, manufactured landscape.
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