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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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| KATC: New app for fishermen offered |
| Louisiana Sportsman: Stressed bass: Study shows hypoxia doesn't move fish |
| The Advocate: The basics of reporting banded birds |
| Times-Picayune: Only one coastal Louisiana WMA closes out first duck season with a bang |
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Save the Date:
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| Creole Christmas, Dec. 9 from 9 am to 5 pm at the Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Advanced Canoe/Kayak Lesson & Guided Paddle Trip, Dec. 12 from 8:30 - 11:30 am at Vermilionville |
| Conversations in French around the Coffee Pot, Dec. 12 from 9 - 10:30 am at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Bayou Vermilion Intermediate/Advanced Canoe/Kayak Guided Paddle Trip, Dec. 12 from 8:30 - 11:30 am at Vermilionville |
| Old Time Christmas, Dec. 8 - 23 from 10 am to 4 pm at Vermilionville |
| Noël Acadien au Village, Nov. 28 to Dec 23 at 200 Greenleaf Dr. in Lafayette |
| Bayou Vermilion Novice Canoe/Kayak Lesson, Dec. 26 from 8:30 - 11:30 am at Vermilionville |
| Christmas on the Cajun Coast, Dec 1 - 31 throughout St. Mary Parish |
| Working the Wetlands, art exhibit featuring the fishing culture of southern Louisiana, Dec 5 through January 30 at LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans |
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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 12/8/2015
ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 48 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: 40.3'
24 hour change: -0.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 31.9' by 12/13
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: 44.6'
24 hour change: +0.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 47.1' by 12/13
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 28.6'
24 hour change: +0.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 31.3' by 12/13
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 10.1
24 hour change: +0.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.5' by 12/13
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: 24.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 25.4' by 12/13
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 18.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 19.3' by 12/13
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 16.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 17.3' by 12/13
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 12.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.5' by 12/13
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 6.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.0' by 12/13
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 7.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.6' by 12/13
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 3.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.9' by 12/13
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.36'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 17.11'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.40'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 9.81'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 8.98'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 13.06'
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