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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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| The Advocate: Macaluso: Bass action up; good forecast for holiday weekend |
| Louisiana Sportsman: Stay safe, legal on opening day of dove season, LDWF says |
| KATC: 80th annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festival kicks off in Morgan City |
| The Advocate: Bumper mast crop could mean bountiful year for squirrel hunters |
| Louisiana Sportsman: Changes on the horizon for Louisiana duck hunters starting with 2016-17 season |
| KATC: Prairie Acadian Cultural Center Offers Storytelling, Cajun French Classes |
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| Upcoming Meetings of the ABP for the 2017 Annual Plan: |
| Public Meeting, Tues., Oct. 6 at 6 pm at City Hall, 1007 Amy St. in Henderson |
| Public Meeting, Wed., Oct. 7 at 6 pm at the Iberville Parish Chambers, 58050 Meriam St. in Plaquemine |
| Public Meeting, Thurs., Oct. 8 at 6 pm at the Visitor Center, 900 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. in Morgan City |
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Save the Date:
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| Longfellow-Evangeline Historic Site Tours, daily Wed - Sun from 9 am - 5 pm |
| Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, Sept. 4-7 in Morgan City |
| Atchafalaya Region Chapter/Qualil Forever Banquet, Sept. 9 at 6 pm at John Folse's White Oak Plantation, 17660 George O'Neal Road in Baton Rouge |
| A Sojourn Forgotten-The Acadians of Maryland, Sept 10 at 6:30 pm at the Ascension Parish Library in Gonzales |
| Lydia Cajun Food Fest, Sept 11 - 12 at 4412 Weeks Park Road in Lydia |
| Les Mains Guideés: Canning and Preserving, Sept 12 from 10 am - 12 pm at Vermilionville |
| Deadline for Atchafalaya Water Heritage Trail site submissions: Sept. 15 |
| C.C. Lockwood's Louisiana Wild LIVE, Sept 16 at 6 pm at the Manship Theater in Baton Rouge |
| Pepper Festival, Sept 18 - 19 near the Evangeline Oak in downtown St. Martinville |
| Cajun French Music Festival, Sept 19 from 9 am to 5 pm in New Iberia |
Hummingbirds, Sept 19 at 2 pm, join Louisiana State Arboretum staff to learn how to attract hummingbirds to your own yard with flowers and feeders, Ville Platte
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| Become a Tour du Teche Volunteer, Deadline to become a volunteer: Sept. 25. |
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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 9/4/2015
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: 14.8'
24 hour change: -0.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.6' by 9/9
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: 27.1'
24 hour change: -0.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.1' by 9/9
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 12.3'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.5' by 9/9
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 4.0'
24 hour change: 0.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.7' by 9/9
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: 9.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.0' by 9/9
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 6.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.2' by 9/9
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 5.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.8' by 9/9
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 4.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.6' by 9/9
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.7' by 9/9
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 7.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.6' by 9/9
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.1' by 9/9
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.76'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.44'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.20'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 7.54'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 6.55'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 10.46'
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