Local photographer raises awareness for historic cypress tree

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Local photographer raises awareness for historic cypress tree

After a historic winter storm dumped snow on a cypress tree in her Bayou Gauche neighborhood, Alyssa Moreau snapped a photograph. Photograph by Alyssa Moreau That photograph, which Moreau posted on Facebook, caught the attention of a member of the Dufrene family, which has been fighting to protect the tree on its property for years. Moreau soon found herself on a phone call with Murray Dufrene, who owns the land where the tree has thrived for hu…