Greetings from DNR Secretary Scott Angelle and the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS:

The Advocate: State changes to three-zone duck season

WAFB: Corps sends out floodway reminder

The Houston Chronicle: Scarcity of caviar puts eggs from other fish on menu

Reminder:

FY 2012-2013 Annual Plan:

The FY 2012-2013 plan has been approved by the legislature and has been sent to the Secretary of State to be filed. To view the FY 2012-2013 Atchafalaya Basin Annual Plan, please go to: http://dnr.louisiana.gov/assets/OCM/ABP/Jan2312FINAL2013plan.pdf

Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System:

The Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System (ABNRIAS) is now available online at http://abp.cr.usgs.gov/     

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. Click here for current weather conditions and water levels.

Data is for 6/12/2012

ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.

Mississippi 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: 14.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.1' by 6/16

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: 19.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.3' by 6/16

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: 7.02'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.5' by 6/16

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 5.06'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.8' by 6/16

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 4.59'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.4' by 6/16

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 3.88'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.8' by 6/16

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.1' by 6/16

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.37'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.3' by 6/16

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.8' by 6/16
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.15'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.67'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.34'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.42'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.22'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.24'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 4.95'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 9.36'

Beau Bayou Swamp
Stage: 10.45'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.71'