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

Latest News:
KPLC-TV: Pet transport company found and speaks, says they lost Igor the pug at Atchafalaya Welcome Center
The Daily Advertiser: Body found in the Atchafalaya Basin
Daily Comet: Effort aims at permanent dam
Dredging News Online: Boustany leads recovery efforts from record flooding 

New Water Project Nominations - DEADLINE APPROACHING: 
The New Water Project Nomination Form for water projects to be proposed for the FY2013 Annual Atchafalaya Basin Program Plan is now available at http://dnr.louisiana.gov/assets/OCM/ABP/ABP_PROJECTNOMINATIONFORM_REVISED_032411.pdf

Please return this form by mail to the address below, fax to (225) 342-6887 or email to Atchafalaya@dnr.com

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Program
P O Box 94396
Baton Rouge, LA 70804 

Nomination forms must be received by Monday, August 29th for consideration at the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting on August 30th.

The TAG will meet on August 30th to receive and consider Water Management Project Proposals for the FY2013 Annual Basin Plan and discuss other technical issues related to the Atchafalaya Basin

Technical Advisory Group Meeting
9am-12 Noon
Department of Natural Resources - LaSalle Building -- Griffon Room
617 North 3rd Street Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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/   

FY2011-2012 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan:  
HCR 34 by Representative Karen St. Germain,  a concurrent resolution to approve the FY2011-2012 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan has been passed by both houses of the legislature. To view the Plan, go to DNR Facebook site and click the Basin line or go directly to Atchafalaya Basin Program site at www.basin.louisiana.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.

Data is for 8/25/2011

ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.

Mississippi River at Cairo
Location: Southern most 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: 23.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.6' by 8/29

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: 29.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 29.0' by 8/29

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: 11.26'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.9' by 8/29

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 7.41'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.0' by 8/29

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 6.51'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.0' by 8/29

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 5.18'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.9' by 8/29

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12'
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.6' by 8/29

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.05'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 3.0' by 8/29

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.74'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.5' by 8/29
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.41'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.13'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 17.94'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 4.75'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.38'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.93'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 5.00'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
NA - Temporarily unavailable

Beau Bayou Swamp
NA - Equipment malfunction

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 9.78'