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Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS:

NEWS:  
The Advocate: South La. birders focus binoculars on wood storks

The Advertiser: Sierra Club pushes for national park status
Louisiana SportsmanBasin producing huge bream
The Advertiser: Atchafalaya Voices: Mysteries aboud on the Old Spanish Trail
 
 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

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 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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