About 20 people toured the Eunice Prairie on Saturday morning as part of the Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society’s summer meeting.
The group edged its way around the prairie’s perimeter led by Steve Nevitt, a former Society president.
Recent rains had sparked a blooming of flowers attended by butterflies on the 10-acre-site at Martin Luther King Drive and East Magnolia.
Colby LeJeune, president of the Society, said before settlers and the railroad, Eunice and much of southwest Louisiana looked like that Eunice Prairie restoration site.

The Louisiana Office of Tourism hosted tourism operators from Canada and France in a visit to Eunice on Sunday. The group started at the CFMA Cajun French Music Hall of Fame Museum. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

Highland Early Learning Center’s pre-k students reported for their first full day of school Thursday. Principal at the school is Lorie LeDoux. LeDoux said that there are 131 students, however she is expecting more. The LSUE basketball women and men teams were on-site with welcoming posters and greeted each student. (Photos by Myra Miller)