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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 fishing report: Spillway producing small bass |
| SwampBase: Sign up for the Atchafalay Basin Sweep |
| KATC: Vermilionville and Hilliard celebrate Native American Culture Day |
| Louisiana Sportsman: LDWF's September duck survey cut short by bad weather |
| The Advertiser: Coincidences merge in Richard's 'Attakapas' encore |
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| Upcoming Meetings of the ABP for the 2017 Annual Plan: |
| Public Meeting: Thurs., Sept. 24 at 5 pm at the Avoyelles Parish Courthouse in Marksville |
| 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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| 2015 Bayou Chene Reunion, Sept 19 from 10 am to 4 pm at Lake End Park in Morgan City |
| 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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| Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival, Sept 23 at 5 pm in New Iberia |
| Become a Tour du Teche Volunteer, Deadline to become a volunteer: Sept. 25. |
| Harvest Moon Paddle & Supper at Lake Martin, Sept 25 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm, |
| Native American Culture Day, Sept 26 from 10 am to 4 pm in Vermilionville. |
| 410 de Louisiane Paddle Race, Sept 26-27, paddle race from Bossier City to Berwick, visit www.tourduteche.com for more information. |
| La Grande Boucherie, Oct. 3 from 10 am to 11 pm in St. Martinville |
| Washington Catfish Festival, Oct. 1-4 at the Washington Festival Grounds |
| I Always Do My Collars First, 12 pm, Oct. 7, free film showing at the West Baton Rouge Museum, 845 North Jefferson Avenue, in Port Allen. |
| Attakapas, the Story of the Cajun People, Oct. 7 and 8 at 7:30 pm at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette |
| 13th Annual Catfish Festival, Oct 9-10, at the Melville Civic Center, 1105 First Street |
| Tour Des Atakapas, Oct. 10. Three, five, and seven-mile runs benefiting the completion of the Atakapas-Ishak Trail in Breaux Bridge. |
| Longfellow-Evangeline Historic Site Tours, daily Wed - Sun from 9 am - 5 pm. |
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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 9/18/2015
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: 16.5'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.7' by 9/23
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: 22.0'
24 hour change: -0.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 23.3' by 9/23
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 8.9'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.8' by 9/23
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.5'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 3.5' through 9/23
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: 6.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.4' by 9/23
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 4.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.0' by 9/23
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 4.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.6' by 9/23
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 3.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.0' by 9/23
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 2.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.1' by 9/23
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.8' by 9/23
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.7 by 9/23
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.89'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 17.73'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.55'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.86'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 5.64'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 9.47'
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