Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

NEWS AND EVENTS:

NEWS:  
DNR Atchafalaya Basin Program announces new primitive camp sites and photo contest

 

 

 

 

WWL: Scoot: Have Baby Boomers forgotten how wild they were?
Multi-Use Management in the Atchafalaya River Basin: Research at the Confluence of Public Policy and Ecosystem Science 
Teche Today: Top of the Teche still open for registration
The Advertiser: Atchafalaya Voices: How Cuban sugar shut down Rose Hill 
The New Yorker:  Louisiana's Swamp-Rat Dog Treat
Engineering With Nature: Atchafalaya River Island Creation Project 
Sheboygan Press: Wis. Marine to paddle Mississippi for wounded vets
 
America's Wetlands: Louisiana OLD RIVER CONTROL COMPLEX and Mississippi river flood protection
What Happened on March 31st - The Mississippi River Peaks
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Would Noah build in Chesterfield Valley?
 
 Save the Date

LWF Commission Meeting scheduled for April 3rd

Les Coudre Points (Quilting) in Arnaudville on April 3rd

Top of the Teche is set for April 5th

Cypress Sawmill Festival in Patterson on April 5-7

Cajun Classique - a five day wooden boat cruise down Bayou Teche, April 7th to 11th 2014
Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival in Franklin on April 11-13
 Conversations around the Coffee Pot on Aptil 12 at St. Martinville
Vermilionville: Les Mains Guidées - Indian Lore on April 15
Pack & Paddle: Paddle at Two O'clock Bayou on  April 19
Pack & Paddle: 'Pre-Festival' Evening Paddle at Lake Martin on April 23

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. Click here for current weather conditions and water levels. 

 Data is for 4/1/2014

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: 22.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 25.7' by 4/5

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: 36.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 35.3' by 4/5

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 22.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 21.1' by 4/5

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 7.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.0' by 4/5

   

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: 18.89'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 17.2' by 4/5

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 14.07'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 12.2' by 4/5

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 12.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.9' by 4/5

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 9.29'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.4' by 4/5

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 5.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL at 5.6' by 4/5

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 6.04'
Forecast: expect to FALL at 5.8' by 4/5

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.2' by 4/5
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.96'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.96'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.83'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 7.01'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 8.89'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.19'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 7.01'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 13.37'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 10.96'

 

 

   
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