John Allaire has been living along the coast of southwest Louisiana for about 25 years. The area is incredibly rich in wildlife, allowing people like Allaire to live off of the land.

“It’s all intermittent estuary and marsh, nursery areas for shrimp, crabs, fish, alligators, bobcats, deer, rabbits, all kinds of wading birds. Pelicans, ospreys…still seeing those every day, just not as many,” Allaire told Gas Outlook.