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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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| LDWF: Baton Rouge, LDWF Wants You to Get Out and Fish! |
| LA Sportsman: Invasive apple snails wreak havoc in Orange Grove marsh |
| NOLA Times Picayune: Rising Mississippi River triggers increased levee inspections |
| The Farm Press: George LaCour lives and breathes cotton |
| St. Mary Now: Eagle Expo Dignitaries |
| Country Roads: Cajun Sleigh Ride |
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| Save the Date: |
| Crow Moon Paddle and Dinner, Lake Martin, LA, March 25 |
| Natural Easter Egg Dyeing at Vermilionville on March 25 |
| Bushcraft at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville on March 26 |
| Native American Residency at Vermilionville on March 26 |
| La Table Francaise at NUNU's, Arnaudville, LA March 26 |
| Annual Spring 2016 Open Car and Truck Show in Breaux Bridge, March 26 |
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Cycle Zydeco, 4-day bicycle tour of Acadiana, March 30 - April 3
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| Paddle Bayou Lafourche from Donaldsonville to Lockport, March 31st |
| Cypress Sawmill Festival, April 1-3 in Patterson, LA |
| Kite Fest Louisiane, April 1-3 in Port Allen, LA |
| Becoming an outdoors woman, April 1-3 contact LDWF for more information |
| Top of the Teche leonville to Arnaudville, LA on April 2 |
| Les Mains Guidees: Flint and Steel Fire Starting on April 2 at Vermilionville |
| Walk with the Birds at Bluebonnet Swamp in Baton Rouge on April 2 |
| Music on the River, Plauemine Lock State Historic Site, April 2 |
| Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstration at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville on April 2 |
| Cabela's King Kat Tournament Trail in Morgan City April 9 |
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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 3/18/2016Data is for 3/23/2016
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: 36.5'
24 hour change: -0.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 28.0' by 3/28
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: 55.6'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 54.5' by 3/28
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 38.3'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 37.3' by 3/28
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 15.1'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.7' by 3/28
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: 35.52'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 34.7' by 3/28
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 27.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 26.9' by 3/28
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 24.67'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.1' by 3/28
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Warning
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 17.61'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 17.2' by 3/28
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 9.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.6' by 3/28
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
FLOOD WARNING
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 9.7'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 9.6' by 3/28
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
FLOOD WARNING
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 6.66'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 6.7' by 3/28
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.93'
Fore Bay at Morganza Floodway Temporary Gage
Stage: 51.72'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 24.77'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 8.53'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 14.70'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 13.62'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 17.58'
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