The brown pelican is being taken off the endangered species list. The L.A. Times reports that U.S. Interior Department officials made the announcement yesterday from New Orleans, noting there are now more than 650,000 brown pelicans along the Gulf and Pacific coasts.
The iconic state bird of Louisiana has been listed as endangered since 1970. Once hunted for their feathers, the bird faced an even graver threat from the widespread use of the chemical DDT, which damaged pelican eggs, as well as coastal habitat loss. The U.S. banned general use of DDT in 1972.
"In many ways, the brown pelican stands as a symbol of our nation's struggle to protect and conserve our wildlife," said Tom Strickland, assistant Interior secretary for fish, wildlife and parks, adding that "it's been a long, long steady climb back ... from the brink of extinction."
David Calhoun and Elizabeth “EB” Brooks are the first two employees of Lafayette Central Park Inc., the nonprofit charged with turning Lafayette Consolidated Government’s 100-acre Johnston Street Horse Farm property into a passive public park. Calhoun was named executive director, and Brooks is director of planning and design.
At Thursday's State of the Economy luncheon, LEDA President and CEO Gregg Gothreaux said PXP has already quietly hired 180 people for its Broussard expansion.
There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
The brown pelican is being taken off the endangered species list. The L.A. Times reports that U.S. Interior Department officials made the announcement yesterday from New Orleans, noting there are now more than 650,000 brown pelicans along the Gulf and Pacific coasts.
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