When Hurricane Katrina scoured our Gulf Coast in late summer 2005, it carved a wide path of destruction from central Florida to Texas. Both urban areas, like New Orleans, and rural lands were devastated. And, while it takes enormous resources of labor and money to restore buildings and roads, it will also take the priceless resource of time--decades, actually--to restore the vast coastal hardwood forests. Unless, you know how to work with nature to achieve supernatural results.