Cajun Prairie weathered drought

A monarch butterfly lands on a blazing star at the Eunice Prairie on Saturday. The native plants were shorter than usual, but survived the drought. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Bees and butterflies went about their business at the Eunice Prairie on Saturday morning as about 40 visitors walked around the 12-acre plot. The activity was the Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society’s fall visit to the site as a prelude to a meeting at LSUE. Several of the visitors commented the native plants where “shorter” than in previous years and attributed that to the drought and 100…

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