Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS:

News:

MARTI GRAS EVENTS IN CAJUN COUNTRY:

Courir de Mardi Gras at Vermilionville, Feb 1

Courir de Mardi Gras at Eunice, Feb 13

Lake Fausse Pointe Mardi Gras Parade, Feb 14 from 2 -4 pm

Carnival D'Acadie, Feb 15 in Crowley

St. Landry Parish Mardi Gras events, Feb 7 - 17

Times-Picayune: Louisiana shrimp landings up for 2014 as local season closes
The Advertiser: Local musicians, artists promote basin preservation in fundraiser
The Daily Iberian: DU announces Gator-Tail as new corporate partner
Atchaflaya Basinkeeper: Auction of oldgrowth sinker cypress pirogue to benefit local non-profit
 

Save the Date:

Winter Hummingbird Lecture, Jan 30 at 6:30 pm at BREC's Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge
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
Lunchtime Lagniappe: Pierre Trepagnier, a Creole Patriot, Feb 11 at Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge
Help Friends of the Atchafalaya purchase a kayak for the Atchafalaya Swamp Base, through Feb 13
Valentines Romance Paddle, Feb 13 & 14 at 5pm at Lake Martin
Quilt the Swamp, Contemporary Fiber Artists of Louisiana's annual exhibit on display at Bluebonnet Nature Center in Baton Rouge from 9 am - 5 pm Tues - Sat and from 12-5 on Sunday through Feb 15
Prehistoric Mounds Tour, Feb 21 from 10 am to 12 pm at Marksville State Historic Park
Eagle Expo, includes boat tours into various waterways to view eagle's nests, and much more, Feb 26 - 28 in Morgan City
Kayak Fishing Workshop, Feb 28 from 8:30 am to 11 am at Wampold Park Beach in Baton Rouge (registration required)
Rendez Vous des Cajuns, live radio show, Saturdays in Feb at 6 pm at the Liberty Center in Eunice
Sinker Cypress Pirogue Auction to benefit Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, through March 1
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!

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 1/27/2015

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: 19.1'
24 hour change: +0.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 21.7' by 2/01

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: 29.8'
24 hour change: -0.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 26.2' by 2/01

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 15.7'
24 hour change: -0.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 12.1' by 2/01

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 4.3'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.2' by 2/01

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: 12.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.3' by 2/01

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 9.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.9' by 2/01

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 8.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.4' by 2/01

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 6.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.4' by 2/01

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 4.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.0' by 02/01

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 4.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.2' by 02/01

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 1.7' by 02/01

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.22'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 7.24'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.96'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 5.43'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.44'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 7.79'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 11.98'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 13.17'

 

    

 

   
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