Biologist makes the case to bring back the Cajun Prairie

Prairie acts as a carbon capture site

Dr. Malcolm Vidrine made the case for “rewilding” thousands of acres in Acadiana as part of slowing or stopping climate change “It turns out our prairies are the most efficient and effective habitats to help fight climate change and to slow the current extinction events where life on earth is literally dying out,” he said to Eunice Rotarians on Wednesday. There are about 3,000 acres of prairie…