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Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS


News:


HUNTING SEASONS

Squirrel and Rabbit: Oct 1 - Feb 28 Daily bag limit: 8

Deer: Archery, Oct 1 - Jan 31
Daily bag limit: 1

Alligator: Sept 7 - Oct 6
Requires tag

Atchafalaya Basin Program Hosts Public Meetings
Louisiana Sportsman: Top 10 tips for squirrel season opening weekend
The Advocate: Take along repellent for Saturday's squirrel season opener
Houma Today: Hunting alligators: A novice tags along with a couple of experts
Times-Picayune: 3 Louisiana towns collect more in speeding fines than taxes

Save the Date:
Iberville Swamp Life Expo, Oct. 1 from 10 am to 3 pm at the Iberville Visitor Center in Grosse Tete
Fishing for Fausse Pointe tournament, Oct 1: 5 am registration, 3 pm weigh-in at Marsh Field Boat Landing
Atchafalaya Basin Program Public Meeting Schedule for the FY2018 Annual Plan: Oct. 3 in Morgan City, Oct. 4 in Bayou Sorrell, and Oct. 6 in Henderson
Atchafalaya Catfish Festival, Oct. 6 - 8 at the Melville Civic Center Grounds
A Fausse Point Dinner in the Year 700 A.D. with Jim Delahoussaye, Oct. 11 at 6 pm at the Franklin Library
Free talk on New Acadia Project, Oct 12 at 6 pm at the Jeanerette Museum located at 500 E. Main Street, Jeanerette
Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, Oct 13-16 at Lafayette's Girard Park

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Let us know if you have an upcoming event to promote the Basin!

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. Current Atchafalaya Basin water levels from NOAA.

Data is for 9/29/2016

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: 21.3'
24 hour change: -0.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 22.2' by 10/4

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: 32.2'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 30.2' by 10/4

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 16.9'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.0' by 10/4

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 5.2'
24 hour change: 0.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.1' by 10/4

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: 11.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.5' by 10/4

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 7.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.4' by 10/4

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 7.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.9' by 10/4

Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 5.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.9' by 10/4

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.3' by 9/29

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.0' by 9/29

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.7' by 9/29

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.80'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.24'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.07'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 6.50'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 4.90'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.23'

Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 17.93'

Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 6.02'

Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 3.45'

   
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