Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
News:
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Atchafalaya NHA: National Parks Service approves outdoor recreation plan for Louisiana |
The Advertiser: Atchafalaya Voices: New railroad sparked tax debate
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Times_Picayune: Season of promise slowing down for Louisiana duck hunters |
Science Daily: Protect the world's deltas, experts urge |
LDWF: LWFC Hears Ducks Unlimited Update on Breeding Grounds Progress in Canada |
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Save the Date:
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Les Mains Guidées : Traditional Candle Making, Dec 9 from 6-8 pm at Vermilionville |
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: |
The Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill 19th Annual Christmas Tree Festival Exhibit and Open House, Dec 9 from 5:30 - 7:30 at the Louisiana State Museum in Patterson at Kemper Williams Park |
Eunice Community Concert Band and Choir Christmas Concert, Dec 11 and 12 at 7 pm at the Liberty Center for the Performing Arts in Eunice |
French Creole Christmas Celebration, Dec 12 from 3 - 6 pm at Magnolia Mound Plantation in Baton Rouge |
City of Patterson Christmas Boat Lighting Parade, Dec 13 at 6 pm starting at Cajun Jack and ending at Bridge Road in the Lower Atchafalaya |
Rendez-vous des Cajuns live-audience radio show (Christmas edition), Dec. 13 from 6 - 7:30 pm at the Liberty Theater in Eunice |
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 12/9/2014
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: 29.1' 24 hour change: +2.8' Forecast: expect to RISE to 34.2' by 12/14
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: 25.4' 24 hour change: +0.3' Forecast: expect to RISE to 27.1' by 12/14
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 11.6' 24 hour change 0' Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.7' by 12/14
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 3.7' 24 hour change: 0' Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.9' by 12/14
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 6.5' Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.4' by 12/14
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 5.8' Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.5' by 12/14
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 4.3' Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.8' by 12/14
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 3.3' Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.5' by 12/14
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 3.0' Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.3' by 12/14
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 1.6' Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.0' by 12/14
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 8.92'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 5.03'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 17.32'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island Stage: 3.60' Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 2.43'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 6.18'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut Stage: 10.25'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 8.30'
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