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Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program
NEWS AND EVENTS:
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| DNR Atchafalaya Basin Program announces new primitive camp sites and photo contest |
Progress Photos at the Bayou Sorrell Boat Launch
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| Wisconsin State Journal: On Wisconsin: Little paddling experience but plenty of heart |
| The Nature Conservancy Scientist, Bryan Piazza, Evaluates State of Atchafalaya River Basin in his new book The Atchafalaya River Basin History and Ecology of an American Wetland. The comprehensive, one-volume reference documents the ecological state of the basin, provides research for future planning, and identifies urgent but unexplored scientific questions in need of answers. Contact holli.koster@tamu.edu or Texas A&M University Press for more information. |
| The Daily Iberian: Lost days costing crawfish season at peak |
| Teche Today: Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré recruits St. Martin fishermen |
| St. Mary Now: Boy Scouts helping promote Atchafalaya Basin |
| LA Sportsman: LDWF's aerial control program nets 54 hogs at Sherburne and Pearl River WMAs |
| Teche Today: Acadians Land in St. Martinville - Again! |
| The Daily Iberian: Lost days costing crawfish season at peak |
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| Save the Date |
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2014 ProBass Challenge March 21st - 23rd
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| Sierra Club Delta Chapter retreat at Cypremort Point State Park, March 21 - 23, 2014 |
| TOT paddlers needed to help clean Bayou Teche March 22 |
| Canoe, kayak instructor course available March 22-23 |
| Bushman Craft in St. Martinville, LA on March 22 |
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Longfellow-Evangeline Sauce Piquante Cook-Off, St. Martinville on March 8th
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| Prehistoric Mound Tour in Marksville, LA. For more information call 888.253.8954 or 318.253.8954 |
| Friends of Atchafalaya (FOA) Board meeting is planned for 6:30 pm on Tuesday, March 25 at the LA Wildlife Federation Office. Contact FOA at foa@basinbuddies.org |
| Atchafalaya Trace Commission will meet Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 10:00 AM at Capitol Park Welcome Center |
| Top of the Teche is set for April 5th |
| Louisiana wooden boat show coming April 11-13 |
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Send in your Basin Pics!
Let us know if you have an upcoming event to promote the Basin!
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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.
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