Dr. Malcolm Vidrine was the guest of fellow Rotarian Jerome Fontenot Wednesday. From left, are LSUE Chancellor and Rotary President Dr. Nancee Sorenson; Vidrine; Dr. Jerome Fontenot, Rotary Club member; and Dr. John Hamlin, LSUE vice chancellor of Academic Affairs/Provost. (Photo by Myra Miller)
Plants are blooming across the 10-acre restored Cajun Prairie at the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and East Magnolia in Eunice. The Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society started the site in 1988.(Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Black-eyed Susans color the restored prairie. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Since 1970 more than 70 percent of larger living organisms and invertebrates have literally disappeared,
Dr. Malcolm Vidrine explained the causes include loss of habitat, biocidal product usage, invasive species, over harvesting, plowing and cementing and urban development and filing the environment with our spoils and trash.
Vidrine, a biology professor at LSUE, was the guest speaker Wednesday...
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