Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
News:
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Atchafalaya Basin Program Project Nominations, May 30 is the last day to submit a project nomination for next year's plan |
LDWF: 182 Boaters Certified During "Boating Lagniappe Day" |
Times-Picayune: Kids can learn outdoors skills at two free summer camps |
Daily Comet: Project to build coastal land heads to design |
LDWF: 2015 Waterfowl Hunter Opinion Survey |
Yahoo News: Tangle over guest workers traps Louisiana crawfish trade |
LDWF: Search Continues for Denham Springs Man in Upper Grand River |
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Save the Date:
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Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, May 6 at 10 am at the Capitol Park Welcome Center, 702 N. River Road in Baton Rouge |
LWF Monthly Commission Meeting Scheduled for May 7, 2015 |
Step Outside Day, May 9 from 9 am to 3 pm at Sherburne Wildlife Management Area in the Atchafalaya Basin |
Intermediate/Advanced Guided Paddle Trip, May 9 from 8:30 - 11:30 am at Vermilionville |
Kayaking 101 - Basic Skills for Flatwater Kayaking, May 14 at 5:30 pm at Lake Martin |
Creole Okra Festival, May 14-16 at 203 N. New Market Street in St. Martinville |
Chitimacha Paddle Race, May 16 from New Iberia's City Park to the public boat ramp in the Chitimacha Nation near Charenton |
A Day in the Life of the Early Acadian Child, May 16 from 10 am - noon at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
LDWF: WETSHOP 2015 Registration Deadline is May 20 |
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 |
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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 5/5/2015
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: 25.5' 24 hour change: -2.1' Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.9' by 5/10
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: 52.2' 24 hour change: -0.1' Forecast: expect to FALL to 49.2' by 5/10
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 35.3' 24 hour change: -0.1' Forecast: expect to FALL to 33.1' by 5/10
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 13.9' 24 hour change: +0.1' Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.6' by 5/10
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: 31.4' Forecast: expect to FALL to 28.8' by 5/10
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 24.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.2' by 5/10
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 21.8' Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.6' by 5/10
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 16.0' Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.1' by 5/10
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 9.0' Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.7' by 5/10
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 9.0' Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 9.0 through 5/10
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 5.8' Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.6' by 5/10
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 8.39'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 19.00'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 7.50'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 13.42'
Beau Bayou N. of Bayou Darby Stage: 18.38'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 12.66'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 16.61'
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