Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
News:
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Times-Picayune: High Mississippi, Atchafalaya rivers pouring sediment into Louisiana wetlands, lakes, Gulf |
Workers on Wheels: Campground seeks camp hosts |
The Advocate: Macaluso: Youngsters get ready for contests |
LDAF: Invasive Emerald Ash Borer Trap Surveys |
Acadiana Table: Louisiana Crawfish and Asparagus Tart |
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Save the Date:
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Twenty-Five Years at Vermilionville, April 1 from 10 am to 4 pm at Vermilionville |
Alligators: Dragons in Paradise, a traveling exhibit from the Museum of Florida History TREX program. March 7 through June 6 at the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge |
Les Mains Guidées: Wood carving, April 4 from 10 am to 12 pm at Vermilionville |
Fly Fishing 101, April 9 at 6 pm at Pack & Paddle in Lafayette |
Kayaking 101, April 9, meet at Pack & Paddle at 5 pm |
Paddle Bayou Lafourche, April 9 - 12 sponsored by BTNEP |
Cycle Zyedeco, April 8 - 12, 200-mile bike ride through Acadiana |
Cajun Hot Sauce Festival, April 10 - 12 at the SugArena at Acadiana Fairgrounds in New Iberia |
Cypress Sawmill Festival, April 10 - 12 at Kemper Williams Park in Patterson |
Scott Boudin Festival, April 10 - 12 at Lions Club Roak in Scott |
Washington Catfish Festival, April 16- 19 at 143 Veterans Memorial Highway in Washington |
Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival and Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Festival, April 17 - 19 in downtown Franklin |
Top of the Teche, a 7.7-mile canoe race from Leonville to Arnaudville, April 18 |
Cajun Classique, 5-day wooden boat cruise down Bayou Teche, April 13th to 19th |
Azalea Trail, April 1- 30 in New Iberia |
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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 3/31/2015
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: 39.9' 24 hour change: -2.6' Forecast: expect to FALL to 31.0' by 4/5
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: 53.0' 24 hour change: +0.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 52.4' by 4/5, expect to CREST at 53.1 on 4/1
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 36.1' 24 hour change: +0.2' Forecast: expect to FALL to 35.9' by 4/5, expect to CREST at 36.4 on 4/1
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 14.0' 24 hour change: +0.1' Forecast: expect to RISE to 14.1' by 4/5, expect to CREST at 14.2 on 4/2
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: 33.2' Forecast: expect to FALL to 33.1' by 4/5
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 25.7' Forecast: expect to RISE to 25.8' by 4/5
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 23.0' Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 23.0' through 4/5
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 16.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 16.4' by 4/5 Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 8.7' Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.8' by 4/5
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 9.6' Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 9.6' through 4/5
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 5.4' Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.8' by 4/5
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 13.75'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 6.33'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 18.61'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 7.03'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 13.34'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 11.46'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 15.27'
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