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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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| Atchafalaya Basin Program Project Nominations, May 30 is the last day to submit a project nomination for next year's plan |
| The Advocate: LWFC votes to open spring shrimp season on May 18 |
| KATC: June events at Vermilionville |
| The Times: The name is 'Atchafalaya' and the nickname is 'The Swamp': Making a Louisiana getaway |
| DOTD: Atchafalaya Welcome Center Reopened to public |
| The Weather Channel: Swamp: 'Gas Station for the Soul' |
| The Advertiser: Paddling the Vermilion may never be the same |
| The Advocate: Early indications find turkey season better... fishing hot, too |
| LSU: Cypress and Tupelo: what does it mean for a 1st time UREC adventurer |
| Louisiana Sportsman: Paddle Prep -How to rig your first fishing kayak |
| LDWF: Body of Missing Denham Springs Man Found in Iberville Parish |
| Louisiana Sportsman: How to guard against tick-borne diseases |
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Save the Date:
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| 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 |
| 4th Annual Plaquemine Elks' Crawfish Shootout, May 16 from 9 am to 4 pm at Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront Park |
| 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 |
| Tunica-Biloxi Pow Wow, May 16 - 17 in Marksville |
| LDWF: WETSHOP 2015 Registration Deadline is May 20 |
4th Annual Krotz Springs Sportsmen's Heritage Festival, May 21 - 24
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| Blessing of the Boats and Boat Parade, May 24 at 2 pm at the Morrison Parkway public boat launch in False River |
| Friends of the Atchafalaya monthly meeting, May 26 at 7 pm in Baton Rouge |
| Bayou Vermilion Kayak Lessons & Guided Paddle Trip, May 30 at 8 am at Vermillionville |
| Healing Traditions: Creole folk medicine, May 30 from 11 am - 2 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 |
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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 5/12/2015
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: 21.4'
24 hour change: +2.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 24.0' by 5/17
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: 46.8'
24 hour change: -1.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 41.2' by 5/17
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 30.9'
24 hour change: -1.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.9' by 5/17
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 11.7'
24 hour change: -0.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.6' by 5/17
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: 27.0
Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.0' by 5/17
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 21.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 17.6' by 5/17
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 19.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.1' by 5/17
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 14.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.5' by 5/17
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 8.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.6' by 5/17
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 8.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.7 by 5/17
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 5.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.0' by 5/17
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 7.75'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.94'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 7.31'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 12.74'
Beau Bayou N. of Bayou Darby
Stage: 17.67'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 11.63'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 15.66'
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