Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
News:
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LDWF: USGS Study Looks at Louisiana Black Bear Population
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The Advertiser: Acadiana People: New book explores man behind Lafayette's murals |
The Daily Iberian: Some disagree with DOTD Decision to Remove 13 oak trees
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Louisiana Sportsman: A kayak makes it easy to combine duck hunting and fishing |
Times-Picayune: New watchdog report says climate change threatens government flood and crop insurance programs |
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Save the Date:
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Spanish Festival Exhibit, Nov. 14-30 at the Bayou Teche Museum, 131 East Main Street, New Iberia |
Bushcraft, Nov 22 from 9-10 am at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
1st Annual Black Friday Protest Paddle, Nov. 28 from 8 am - 12 pm at Lake Martin |
Prehistoric Mounds Tour, Nov. 29 from 10 am - 12 pm at Marksville State Historic Site |
Al Berard Music Festival, Nov. 29 from 10 am to 11:30 pm at Hendry Guidry Memorial Park in Henderson |
Novice Canoe/Kayak Lesson & Guided Paddle Trip, Saturday Nov. 29 and Dec. 13 from 8:30 - 11:30 am at Vermilionville |
Rendez Vous des Cajuns, live-audience radio show every Saturday in Nov at 6 pm, Liberty Center in Eunice |
Southern Atchafalaya Eagle Paddle, Dec 6 in Morgan City, reservation required |
Kids' Night Out at the Swamp, Dec 12 from 6-10 pm at Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge |
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Holiday Events in Cajun Country: |
Thanksgiving Eve with Geno Delafose, Wed. Nov 26 at 7:30 pm at the Vermilllionville Performance Center |
Christmas Open House and Parade, Nov. 29-30 from 10 am - 4 pm in Breaux Bridge |
Le Grand Noël, Nov. 29 from 5-8 pm in Grand Coteau -- Shops will be open late with candlelit streets and horse-drawn carriage rides |
Sounds of the Season, Nov. 30 -- Acadiana Symphony Orchestra gives its annual holiday performance at St. Peters Catholic Church in New Iberia |
Delcambre Christmas Boat Parade, Dec 13 at 6 pm at the Delcambre Locks following a day of festivities |
Old Time Christmas, Dec 13 from 10 am - 4 pm in Vermilionville |
Festival of the Bonfires, Dec 12-14 in Lutcher |
Victorian Christmas at Rip Van Winkle Gardens, Dec 1 - 31 in New Iberia |
Christmas on the Cajun Coast, Dec. 1-31in Franklin, Patterson, Berwick and Morgan City |
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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 11/20/2014
ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.
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: 18.9' 24 hour change: +1.9' Forecast: expect to RISE to 19.1' by 11/25
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: 24.4' 24 hour change: +0.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.8' by 11/25
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 10.7' 24 hour change +0.4' Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.6' by 11/25
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 3.0' 24 hour change: +0.4' Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.1' by 11/25
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 6.1' Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.3' by 11/25
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 5.4' Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.8' by 11/25
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 4.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.4' by 11/25 Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 3.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.0' by 11/25
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 3.0' Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 3.0' through 11/25
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 1.7' Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.1' by 11/25
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 8.81'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 5.38'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 18.70'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island Stage: 3.46' Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 2.36'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 6.26'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut Stage: 10.11'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 8.03'
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