cattle ranchers, has
been key in working to
restore coastal prairie.
Reid has obtained funding through the State
Wildlife Grants (SWG)
Program, which is the
primary funding source
for the conservation of
nongame species and
their habitats. These
funds have been used
to conduct both research and stewardship
activities, including
chemical brush control
Reid oversees a prescibed burn on coastal prairie land.
and prescribed burning. Funding from the
plants and control invading woody plants.
Environmental
Protection
Agency’s Gulf of
“Chris’s work to enhance the remnant prairie
Mexico Program has also been secured to suphabitats is bringing visibility to a valuable effort,’’ said Randy Myers, LDWF assistant secre- port this work through the next few several
years. Reid said the landowners with whom he’s
tary for the Office of Wildlife.
partnered
have already seen the numerous benReid’s work with private landowners in Calefits of restoring this rare and unique native
casieu and Cameron parishes, all of whom are
grassland.
The landowners are interested for several
reasons,’’ Reid said. “They are genuinely sympathetic to prairie conservation and