This site is one of the few remaining blocks of mature woodland
in the Bayou Teche drainage area. After logging ceased in 1937,
Frederick's Swamp Preserve was managed as a natural area. This
preserve is not open for public visitation. Northern St. Martin
Parish, just south of Arnaudville and west of Bayou Teche.
Originally, coastal prairie covered approximately 2.5 million
acres in southwest Louisiana, but today, less than 500 acres
remain in widely scattered, small patches. Frederick's Swamp
Preserve was selected by The Nature Conservancy because of its
mature woodland area and low-lying land dominated by bald
cypress and tupelo gum, with the ridges dominated by live oaks.
The Conservancy has worked to conserve the cypress swamp along
Bayou Teche.