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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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| Atchafalaya NHA: October is Atchafalaya Month! |
| St. Mary Now: Tour du Teche |
| Louisiana Sportsman: Top 5 tactics to catch more Basin bass |
| ArkLaTex: "Purple Swamp and Nature Abstraction" coming to state museum |
| St. Mary Levee District: Bayou Chene Flood Protection and Diversion Structure Plans Unveiled |
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| Save the Date: |
| Bayou Theater: Sept 26, 8 pm at Lake Fausse Point State Park |
| 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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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 9/16/2014
ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 7.26'
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: 27.8'
24 hour change 2.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 27.7' by 9/21
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: 25.6'
24 hour change +0.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 26.5' by 9/21
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 11.2
24 hour change 0.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.7' by 9/21
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 4.1'
24 hour change +0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.6' by 9/21
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 7.1'
Forecast: expect to REMAIN AT 7.1' through 9/21
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 6.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.5' by 9/21
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 4.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.2' by 9/21
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.5' by 9/21
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.9' by 9/21
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.8' by 9/21
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.16'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.97'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.77'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.96'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.22'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.74'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 3.46'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 10.60'
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