Alabama’s E.O. Wilson Land Between the Rivers Preserve Is a ‘Place That Time Forgot’

Alabama’s E.O. Wilson Land Between the Rivers Preserve Is a ‘Place That Time Forgot’

Dubbed the father of biodiversity, the pioneering author and scientist E.O. Wilson spent his early years exploring the swamps and wetlands of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Now, 8,000 acres of that land will be preserved forever in his name.By Dennis PillionCLARKE COUNTY, Ala.—In the Land Between the Rivers, even the poison ivy tries to grow vertically.