Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
News:
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Teche Project: The 1st TECHE Project Wood Duck Nest Box Workshop |
TED Blog: How mega-landscaping might reshape the world
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Louisiana Sportsman: Use your GPS for improving your fishing |
Times-Picayune: Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries releases top WMAs for annual deer harvest |
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Save the Date:
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Bouki Books - The Works of Louisiana Authors, Dec 18 at Nunu's in Arnaudville |
Winter Wonders Kids Camp, Dec. 22 & 23 (Monday and Tuesday of the holiday break) from 9 am to 4 pm at Bluebonnet Swamp. Extended care available.
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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 |
Women Only Overnight Paddle-Camping Trip, Saturday, Jan 3, departing at 9am |
Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, Jan 7 at 10 a.m. at the Capitol Park Welcome Center, 702 River Road North, in Baton Rouge |
Wood Duck Nest Box Workshop, Jan 10 in St. Martinville |
Help Friends of the Atchafalaya purchase a kayak for the Atchafalaya Swamp Base, through Feb 13 |
Send in your Basin Pics!
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 12/18/2014
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: 22.2' 24 hour change: -2.0' Forecast: expect to FALL to 17.8' by 12/23
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: 33.2' 24 hour change: +1.0' Forecast: expect to RISE to 31.2' by 12/23
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 18.2' 24 hour change +1.1' Forecast: expect to RISE to 18.0' by 12/23
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 5.3' 24 hour change: +0.5' Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.1' by 12/23 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: 15.6' Forecast: expect to RISE to 16.3' by 12/23
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 11.0' Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.9' by 12/23
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 9.6' Forecast: expect to RISE to 10.5' by 12/23
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 7.0' Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.5' by 12/23
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 4.1' Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.8' by 12/23
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 4.7' Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.8' by 12/23
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 2.3' Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.6' by 12/23
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 9.41'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 5.07'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 17.08'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island Stage: 5.11' Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 2.93'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 6.14'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut Stage: 12.04'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: NOT AVAILABLE
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 8.31'
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