Greetings from DNR Secretary Scott Angelle and the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program
LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS:
REMINDER - Technical Advisory Group Meeting Announcement Thursday, July 19, 2012, 9:30 am-11:30 am Department of Natural Resources - LaSalle Building 617 North 3rd Street Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 Griffon Room - 1st Floor (Parking is available in the Welcome Center Parking Garage located at 1201 N. Third Street. Please present your ticket to the receptionist on 1st floor for validation.)
REMINDER - July 19, 2012 is the Deadline for Public Comments on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Master Plan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released the draft master plan for the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System project. Public comments on the draft are currently being solicited. Written or verbal comments on the draft master plan must be submitted to the Corps by midnight on July 19, 2012. Comments received during the public review period will become part of the official record.
Click here to learn more and to view the draft master plan.
Individuals can submit a written comment via mail, phone, fax or email to:
Michael Saucier Chief, Natural Resources Management Function U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CEMVN-OD-T P.O. Box 60267 New Orleans, LA 70160-0267 Phone: (504) 862-2525 Fax: (504) 862-1366 Email: abfs@usace.army.mil
2011 Atchafalaya Basin Inundation Data Collection and Damage Assessment Project Report from Louisiana Geological Survey at Louisiana State University
The Weather Channel - A Year After Flooding, Mississippi Low
DNR Leads Effort to Preserve Hundreds of Acres of Atchafalaya Basin Cypress Forest
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 7/19/2012
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: 9.7' Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.1' by 7/23
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: 17.6' Forecast: expect to FALL to 17.2' by 7/23
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: 5.66' Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.7' by 7/23
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 41' Stage: 3.6' Forecast: expect to HOLD at 3.6' by 7/23
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 37' Stage: 3.12' Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.0' by 7/23
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 25' Stage: 2.66' Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.8' by 7/23
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 2.3' Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.4' by 7/23
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 1.85' Forecast: expect to RISE at 2.0 by 7/23
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 4' Stage: 2.4' Forecast: expect to HOLD at 2.4' by 7/23 NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 8.22'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 5.24'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 18.30'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island Stage: 2.79'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 6.01'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 1.97'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 4.68'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut Stage: 8.39'
Beau Bayou Swamp Stage: EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 8.42'
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