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 recently received second place in the Shoestring Budget Category of this year's National Association of Government Communicators' Blue Pencil Award. Project leader for development of the brochure was Vicki Grafe, refuge manager of the Lacassine NWR, while those responsible for producing the content of the brochure included Larry Allain (USGS National Wetlands Research Center), Vicki Grafe (Lacassine NWR), Malcom Vidrine (Lousiana State University at Eunice), Charles Allen (University of Louisiana at Monroe), and Steve Johnson (University of Louisiana at Lafayette). Additional funding and support for second edition printing was provided by the Anahuac NWR. The 39-page brochure not only provides an excellent overview of the history, flora, and fauna of the coastal prairie ecosystem, but it also provides useful information on restoration and management of this critically imperiled community type.

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