Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
News:
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Louisiana Sportsman: David and Goliath: Paddle craft dos and don'ts |
LDWF: Notices of Intent for Hunting Seasons, Hunting Regulations, Turkey Hunting Seasons, Turkey Hunting Regulations and WMA Rules |
WRAL: Plans for major hurricane protection lock advance in Houma
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LSU AgCenter: Where Will You Geaux? Charles Reulet |
National Geographic: How a River Otter Can Bag an Alligator for Lunch |
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Save the Date:
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Catahoula Levee Trail Hike, Jan 17, meet at 8 am at Pack and Paddle in Lafayette |
Prehistoric Mounds Tour, Jan 24 from 10 am - 12 pm at Marksville State Historic Site |
Vigilantes on the Bayou, Jan 23 - 24 from 9 am - 4 pm at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
Cinema on the Bayou, film festival to advance "the understanding of Cajun and Creole cultures through film screenings, film panels and cultural exchanges among French Louisiana, the United States and the Francophone countries of the world." Jan 21 - Jan 25 in Lafayette |
Save the Basin Fundraiser, Jan 25 from 11 am - 5 pm at Artmosphere Bistro in Lafayette |
Healing Traditions of Acadiana, Jan 31 from 11 am - 2 pm in Vermilionville |
Learn Your Binocular, Jan 31 from 3 - 7 pm at the Highland Road Observatory in Baton Rouge |
Good Gumbo for a Good Cause, Jan 31 in Opelousas |
Help Friends of the Atchafalaya purchase a kayak for the Atchafalaya Swamp Base, through Feb 13 |
Manchac: In the Wake of North Pass, a visual art exhibit that explores the destructive beauty and complex role of invasive aquatic plants upon the fragile ecology of Louisiana's bayous, Jan 10 through March 15 at LASM in Baton Rouge |
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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 1/13/2015
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: 24.9' 24 hour change: -1.4' Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.6' by 1/18
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: 36.8' 24 hour change: +0.2' Forecast: expect to FALL to 35.1' by 1/18
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 22.2' 24 hour change +0.2' Forecast: expect to FALL to 20.8' by 1/18
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 6.7' 24 hour change: -0.1' Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.0' by 1/18
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: 19.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.9' by 1/18
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 14.1' Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.9' by 1/18
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 12.5' Forecast: expect to FALL to 12.1' by 1/18
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 9.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.9' by 1/18 Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 5.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.0' by 1/18
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 5.7' Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 5.7' through 1/18
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 2.5' Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 2.5' through 1/18
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 10.27'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 6.99'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 9.23'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island Stage: 6.55' Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 3.59'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 8.14'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut Stage: 13.59'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 12.85'
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