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Coastal Prairie Brochure Wins Award

The informational brochure, "Paradise Lost? The Coastal Prairie of Louisiana and Texas," produced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in partnership with the USGS and the Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society, received second place in the Shoestring Budget Category of the 2001 National Association of Government Communicators' Blue Pencil Award . . .

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New Research Program Focuses on Invasive Grasses

invasive grass image A new research program being developed at the USGS National Wetlands Research Center is focusing on the invasive potential and ecological risks associated with exotic grasses . . .

USGS and USFWS Working Together To Assess the Ecological Effects of Burning

While prescribed burning is widely used for habitat management, there are many unanswered questions about the ecological effects of fire. . .		 Prairie fire

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