Is Alabama home to America's Amazon? Journey into one of the planet's treasures, a cradle of biodiversity | AL.com

In a piece published on Al.com Ben Raines reminds us of the riches of Alabama's nature gifts. His documentary, America's Amazon is now available for sale on line.



"Is Alabama home to America's Amazon? Journey into one of the planet's treasures, a cradle of biodiversity | AL.com: This river network and its surrounding forests represent the true cradle of American biodiversity. Because of the Mobile River basin, Alabama is home to more species of freshwater fish, mussels, snails, turtles and crawfish than any other state. And the competition isn't even close."