The Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society’s spring meeting is to begin on Saturday with an 8 a.m. tour of the Duralde Restored Prairie.
At 10 a.m., the group is to meet at the Eunice Restored Prairie.
Following the tours, the group plan to meet at noon for lunch and a presentation at Rocky’s Resturant, 1415 E. Laurel Ave., Eunice.
Steve Dale Nevitt will give a presentation on “Micro Prairies, Prairie Gardens, and Prairie Plants in Your Landscape.”
For more details about the meeting and or tours, contact Dr. Charles Allen 337-328-2252 or email native@camtel.net or find the Society on Facebook.
Directions for Saturday’s events are:
— 8 a.m.: Tours of Duralde Restored Prairie. Directions: Take La. 13 north out of Eunice and after crossing a bridge, go about 1.5 miles and turn left onto La 374. If coming from the north on La 13, about 6 miles south of Mamou, just past the fire station, turn right onto La 374. Follow La 374 west and it will take a sharp right then a sharp left. After straightening out from the sharp left, go about 0.5 miles and turn left at the first double intersection. You will be turning left onto a gravel road that is Navy Road. Navy Road is about 2 miles from La 13. Follow Navy Road and it will take a sharp right and then will start a sharp left but you will not turn at the left but drive straight into Duralde Prairie. A sign will be posted here.
— 10 a.m.: Eunice Restored Prairie; meet at the corners of Martin Luther King and East Magnolia (510 E. Magnolia, Eunice) and enjoy one of the best restored prairie in the United States. This site is north of U.S. 190 and east of La 13. For those of you coming from the north on La. 13, turn left (east) at the first paved road (East Magnolia) to the east after you cross the railroad tracks in Eunice. Go a couple of blocks and the prairie is on your left. For those coming from the east on U.S. 190 turn right (north) at the first red/green traffic light and follow Martin Luther King Drive for a couple of blocks and the prairie is on your left. For those coming from the west on U.S. 190, follow U.S. 190 through Eunice and after crossing a railroad track, go to the next red/green traffic light and turn left onto Martin Luther King Drive. For those coming from the south on La. 13, when you reach the stop sign, turn right onto Maple Ave. Follow Maple for about three or four blocks and at the second four-way stop sign, turn left onto Martin Luther King Drive. Follow the street across U.S. 190.
