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Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
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News:
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| Times-Picayune: Louisiana's table set for blue-winged teal, and many have already arrived |
| The Advocate: Macaluso: Bass folks get timely invitation |
| Leesville Daily Reader: Fort Polk: SERE Specialist facilitates training for Air Force, Army |
| LDWF: Hunters Reminded to Practice Treestand Safety |
| Donaldsonville Chief: Thousands to 'Toast the Coast' nationwide |
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| Save the Date: |
| Bayou Theater: Sept 12 and 26, 8 pm at Lake Fausse Point State Park |
| Conversations Around the Coffee Pot, Sept. 13, 8:30-9:30 am at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Atchafalaya Basin Program Technical Advisory Group meeting, Sept. 18 at 9:30 am in the LDNR Griffon Room, Baton Rouge |
| Early Morning Paddle at Lake Martin, Sept. 20, Pack & Paddle, 7 am |
| Louisiana Hummingbird Festival, Sept 20 in Lafayette |
| Swamp Bound Guided Tour, Sept 20 at 11 am, Lake Fausse Point State Park |
| LDWF's Louisiana Trappers Workshop, Sept. 20th |
| Sugar Cane to Cane Sugar, Sept. 23-27 at 1:30 pm, Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, St. Martinville |
| Atchafalaya Basin Program Research and Promotion Board meeting, Sept. 24 at 9:30 am in the LDNR Griffon Room, Baton Rouge |
| Moonlight Hike, Oct. 3 at Lake Fausse Point State Park, 8 pm |
| Atchafalaya Month Celebration, Oct 4-31 at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Tour du Teche V - Oct. 3-5 |
| Swamp Life Expo, Oct. 4 in Grosse Tete |
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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 9/11/2014
ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 6.70'
Ohio 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: 20.7'
24 hour change -0.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 27.2' by 9/16
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: 23.7'
24 hour change +0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 25.1' by 9/16
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 9.8
24 hour change 0.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 10.8' by 9/16
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.4'
24 hour change +0.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.8' by 9/16
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: 8.6
Forescast: expect to RISE to 10.2' by 9/16
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 5.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.1' by 9/16
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 4.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.4' by 9/16
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 4.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.2' by 9/16
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.8' by 9/16
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.7' by 9/16
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.9' by 9/16
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.94'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.23'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.52'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.53'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.24'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.65'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 2.93'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 10.09'
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