It is the smallest division of money and the cost of a newspaper in New Orleans. An owner of the Picayune newspaper during the 19th century, Eliza Jane Poitevant, was given the honor of naming a town recently reached by rail in Missisippi and she named it Picayune (Mississippi) after her newspaper. Also, there is 9or was) a cigarette brand by that name, the Picayune. I smoked a couple of them when I was a boy. It was so strong you'd smoke a Chesterfield just to get the Picayune out of your lungs.
---chris Christopher J Wells, Geographer National Wetlands Research Center, USGS 700 Cajundome Blvd Lafayette, LA 70506 Office: 337 266 8651 Cell: 337 288 0737 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Warren W. Aney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" <[email protected]> 09/13/2005 06:32 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [email protected] cc Subject Re: what is a bayou? What a grand simplification these folks created for themselves! We northerners have to decide whether it's a backwater, slough, oxbow, sluggish creek, estuarial creek, delta stream, small bay, swampy lake, marshy inlet, marshy outlet, or whatever. All the lower Gulf coaster has to say is, "'tis a bayou." Now, would someone tell me, what is a picayune? Warren Aney Senior Wildlife Ecologist Tigard, OR -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 13 September, 2005 15:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: what is a bayou? Wendee, To add yet another definition...the "Glossary of Aquatic Habitat Inventory and Terminology" published by the American Fisheries Society states: "Bayou (1) A bay, inlet, backwater, river channel slough, oxbow lake, or channel in coastal marshes and sluggish creeks, or arm, outlet or tributary of a lake or river. (2) Any stagnant or sluggish creek or marshy lake. Term is most often used in southeastern United States." This AFS publication has a great deal of excellent definitions and while they may or may not be "definitive", they certainly are comprehensive and helpful! Each of the items in the above definition (ex - oxbow lake) is also defined in the glossary. mark Mark Felton CPSS, PWS, AICP URS Corporation Engineers-Architects-Planners-Environmental 1001 Highlands Plaza Drive West, Suite 300 St. Louis, Missouri 63110 314/429-0100 Tel 314/429-0462 Fax 314/743-4117 Direct [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.urscorp.com URS is ranked as the #1 Design Firm in the US and Worldwide by The Engineering-News Record ENR Top US Design Firms ENR Top Global Design Firms This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. If you receive this message in error or are not the intended recipient, you should not retain, distribute, disclose or use any of this information and you should destroy the e-mail and any attachments or copies. Wendee Holtcamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED] T> To Sent by: [email protected] "Ecological cc Society of America: grants, Subject jobs, news" what is a bayou? <[EMAIL PROTECTED] V.UMD.EDU> 09/10/2005 10:49 PM Please respond to Wendee Holtcamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED] T> I have heard a couple of scientists recently say that bayous are old = abandoned "distributaries" of rivers, and as such have no natural flow. = I had never heard this and its an interesting hypothesis. However I am = unaware of whether this is the scientific consensus or whether this is = someone's pet hypothesis. Other sources call them tributaries that feed = rivers (such as Buffalo Bayou running into the San Jacinto).=20 Does anyone have any knowledge about studies of "what is a bayou" from a = hydrological perspective? Little is known about some of the bayous in = the Houston region but what about elsewhere? Are there known sources of = groundwater feeding any bayous in other regions? >From what I understand from my research thus far, bayous are typically = found on the Gulf coastal plain in MS, LA, TX and are often deep and = sluggish.=20 But is it reasonable to say that we know that they have no natural flow? = I was told that bayous have no (or little) natural flow and are only = flowing due to wastewater effluent in Houston. But obviously there were = bayous when settlers first arrived.=20 I'd be interested in any insight, sources, or feedback. I'm writing a = chapter entitled Bayou Wilderness for the Houston Atlas of Biodiversity = which I am writing. Wendee Holtcamp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wendee Holtcamp ~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freelance Writer-Photographer ~~ http://www.greendzn.com Bohemian Adventures Blog ~~ http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.=20 Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that = you,=20 too, can become great. -- Mark Twain
