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Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
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News:
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MARDI 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
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| KTDY: Scouts install mile markers along Atchafalaya Basin Wilderness Bike Trail |
| The Advocate: Macaluso: Cold fronts, wind shifts and big changes for fishing |
Louisiana Sportsman: Solid duck season overall ends in the coastal zone
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The Daily Iberian: Big Bass Classic on track
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Save the Date:
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| 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 |
| Making a corn husk doll, Feb 6 at from 10 to 11 am at the Marksville State Historic Site |
| 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 |
| Music and stories at Shadows-on-the-Teche, Feb 19 at 6:30 pm at the Shadows Visitor Center in New Iberia |
| Bushcraft Demonstrations, Feb 21 from 9-10 am at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Prehistoric Mounds Tour, Feb 21 from 10 am to 12 pm at Marksville State Historic Park |
| Paddle at Myette Point, Feb 21 at 12 at Pack & Paddle |
| 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) |
| Southern Atchafalaya Eagle Paddle, Feb 28 at 9am at Pack & Paddle |
| Bayou Vermilion Novice Canoe/Kayak Lesson & Guided Paddle Trip, Feb 28 from 8:30 - 1:30 am at Vermilionville in Lafayette |
| 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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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 1/29/2015
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: 19.2'
24 hour change: 0.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 19.6' by 2/03
Mississippi River, just south of ORCS, at Red River Landing
Flood Stage: 48'
Stage: 28.2'
24 hour change: -0.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 25.5' by 2/03
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 14.3'
24 hour change: -0.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.1' by 2/03
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.7'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.4' by 2/03
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: 11.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.1' by 2/03
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 8.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.9' by 2/03
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 7.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.2' by 2/03
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 5.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.3' by 2/03
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 4.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.1' by 02/03
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.9' by 02/03
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 1.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 1.4' by 02/03
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.06'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.97'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.32'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 5.11'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.22'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 7.60'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 11.98'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 13.10'
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