Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi, few surprises continue to surface, but Becky Copeland has found one. She is a Wildlife Biologist and Park Ranger for the Gulf Islands National Seashore, a group of barrier islands off the coast of Mississippi and Florida, that are mostly uninhabited by humans, and part of the National Park Foundation.

It's Copeland's job to help take care of the islands and the creatures who live there. She spends much of her days scouring the sand, monitoring the nests of sea turtles and shorebirds. Two-and-a-half years ago, she was walking along the beach of Horn Island, looking for nests of Snowy Plovers, which lay their eggs in the white, sugar-colored sand.

About 25 yards from the water she saw it, just sitting

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