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Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
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| The Advocate: South La. birders focus binoculars on wood storks |
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| The Advertiser: Sierra Club pushes for national park status |
| Louisiana Sportsman: Basin producing huge bream |
| The Advertiser: Atchafalaya Voices: Mysteries aboud on the Old Spanish Trail |
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| Save the Date |
| Friends of the Atchafalaya Monthly Meeting - with special guest Bryan Piazza, Director, Freshwater and Marine Science, The Nature Conservancy, Louisiana, and author of the recent book, The Atchafalaya River Basin: History and Ecology of an American Wetland July 22 at 6:30 pm, Audubon Office, 6160 Perkins Rd., Baton Rouge |
| French Fridays at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site on July 11th, 18th and 25th |
| Attakapa Opelousas Prairie Tribe Festival, July 26, 10 am |
| Paddle at Two O'clock Bayou, July 26, 3 pm, Pack & Paddle |
| Online Kayak Fishing Tournament: March 1 to October 15 |
| Evangeline, the Movie July 1st-31st, 2014 daily showing Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site at 1:30 pm |
| Kayak Sale at Pack & Paddle |
| Atchafalaya Basin Program Technical Advisory Group Meeting, Wednesday, July 30 at 9:30 am, LDNR Griffon Rm. 617 N. 3rd St., Baton Rouge |
| Atchafalaya Basin Program Research and Promotion Board Meeting, Thursday, July 31 at 9:30 am, LDNR Griffon Rm. 617 N. 3rd St., Baton Rouge |
| 5th Annual Promenade d'art de Franklin, Aug 23 |
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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.
Data is for 7/22/2014
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: 27.5'
24 hour change -0.4
Forecast: expect to FALL to 21.4' by 7/27
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: 38.1'
24 hour change -0.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 36.7' by 7/27
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 22.4'
24 hour change +0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 21.4' by 7/27
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 7.1'
24 hour change +0.1'
Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 7.1' through 7/27
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 13.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 13.0' by 7/27
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 11.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.5' by 7/27
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 8.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.3' by 7/27
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 5.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.1' by 7/27
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 5.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.4' by 7/27
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 3.1'
Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 3.1' through 7/27
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.71'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 7.74'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.51'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 6.57'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 8.51'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.15'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 7.14'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 13.31'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 11.01'
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