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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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| Times-Picayune: Louisiana crab catch rose in 2014, preliminary state numbers show |
| The Advocate: Mississippi River's high water doesn't bother Baton Rouge angler |
| LDWF: Public Hearings on Proposal to Remove the Louisiana Black Bear from the Endangered Species List |
| Times-Picayune: Fishing essay contest open to Louisiana youths |
| The Advocate: Big change ahead for duck hunters |
| Atchafalaya Basin Program Project Nominations, May 31 is the last day to submit a project nomination for next year's plan |
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Save the Date:
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| Bayou Vermilion Kayak Lessons & Guided Paddle Trip, May 30 at 8 am at Vermillionville |
| Art on the Bayou, May 30 from 10 - 4 at the Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront Park |
| Healing Traditions: Creole folk medicine, May 30 from 11 am - 2 pm at Vermilionville |
| Bird Walk at the Swamp, June 6 from 7 - 9 am at Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge |
| Les Mains Guidées: Beadwork, June 6 from 10 am - 1 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 Coudre Points Quilting Circle, June 4 (and every Thursday) from 1:30 - 3:30 pm at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective, 1510 Courtableau Highway 93 in Arnaudville |
| Friends of the Atchafalaya monthly meeting, June 23 at 7 pm in Baton Rouge (no meeting for May) |
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Send in your Basin Pics!
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 5/26/2015
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: 25.0'
24 hour change: -0.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 23.9' by 5/31
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: 45.2'
24 hour change: +0.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 47.2' by 5/31
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 29.1'
24 hour change: +0.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 31.2' by 5/31
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 10.9'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.8' by 5/31
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: 26.2'
Forecast: expect RISE to 28.5' by 5/31
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 20.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 22.4' by 5/31
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 18.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 20.0' by 5/31
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 13.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 14.9' by 5/31
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 7.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.3' by 5/31
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 8.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.3' by 5/31
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 4.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.0' by 5/31
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.33'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 21.07'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 6.34'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 11.72'
Beau Bayou N. of Bayou Darby
Stage: 16.50'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 10.17'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 14.15'
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