Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Hello from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS

News:

HUNTING SEASONS

Deer: Archery, Oct 16 - Feb 15
Primitive Firearms, Jan 30-31 (bucks only); Jan 23-29 (either sex)

Squirrel and Rabbit: Oct 1 - Feb 28 (Daily bag limit: 8)

St. Mary Now: Boat Landing to Close for Renovations
Country Roads: Swamp Base Buys McGee's Landing
The Acadiana Advocate: River watching part of January's fishing game

LDWF: Public Meetings Set for February on Proposed Hunting Seasons and WMA Rules and Regulation Changes

The Acadiana Advocate: Proposed 2017-2018 hunting seasons

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Events:
ABP Research and Promotion Board Meeting, Feb. 1 at 9:30 am in Baton Rouge
Register for "Becoming an Outdoors-Woman" Workshop, Jan 27
Bushcraft, Jan 28 at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville
Bayou Teche Paddle Series - Breaux Bridge to St. Martinville, Jan 28
Southern Atchafalaya Eagle Paddle, Feb 11 from 9 am to 5 pm, Pack & Paddle
La Table Francaise, last Saturday of every month at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville
Les Courdre Pointes Quilting Circle, every Thursday from 1:30 - 3:30 pm at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville

Send in your Basin Pics!

Let us know if you have an upcoming event to promote the Basin!

Checking the water:
The information below is obtained from the USGS and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and has been compiled by DNR into this format to allow a quick look at information pertinent to the Atchafalaya Basin. Current Atchafalaya Basin water levels from NOAA.

Data is for 1/27/2017

ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.

Ohio River at Cairo
Location: Southernmost gauge on the Ohio River in Illinois Reading significance - used to forecast rises on the Mississippi. Lag time, 4 to 6 days.
Flood Stage: 40'
Stage: 39.0'
24 hour change: -2.0'
Forecast: expect to HOLD through 2/1

Mississippi River, just south of ORCS, at Red River Landing
Reading: Mississippi River south of ORCS, after the diversion into the Atchafalaya
Flood Stage: 48'
Stage: 40.7'
24 hour change: +0.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 43.8' by 2/1

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 25.2'
24 hour change: +0.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 28.5' by 2/1

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 7.8'
24 hour change: +0.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.5' by 2/1

Atchafalaya River, just south of ORCS, at Simmesport
Reading: The combined latitudinal flows of the Red, Black, Ouachita, and ORCS flow from the Mississippi
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: no data

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 15.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 18.0' by 2/1

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 13.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 15.9' by 2/1

Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 10.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.5' by 2/1

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 5.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.3' by 2/1

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 5.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.6' by 2/1

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 3.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.7' by 2/1

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.83'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.57'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 24.17'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.09'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 8.59'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 9.94'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 14.16'

Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 19.41'

Work Canal near I-10
Stage: 9.96'

Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 9.04'

Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 5.51'

   
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