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Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS
News:
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CURRENT HUNTING SEASONS
Squirrel and Rabbit: Oct 1 - Feb 28
Daily bag limit: 8
Deer: Archery, Oct 1 - Jan 31
Daily bag limit: 1
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KATC: (I-10) Butte LaRose boat landing closed
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| Atchafalaya NHA: Artisans of the Atchafalaya |
| Country Roads: Atchafalaya Basin Wilderness Bike Trail |
| Banner-Tribune: Atchafalaya Heritage Area in Spotlight |
| Acadiana Advocate: Trusted bass lures for the Atchafalaya Spillway |
| Cajun Coast: 10 Things to know about the Southwest Reef lighthouse |
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| Save the Date: |
| 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 |
| Fur Trappers Seminar, Oct 15 from 10 am to 3 pm at the LDWF Woodworth Outdoor Education Center in Woodworth |
| International Acadian Festival, Oct 14 - 16 at the Mark A. "Tony" Gulotta Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront Park, located at 57845 Foundry Street in Plaquemine |
| Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, Oct 13-16 at Lafayette's Girard Park |
| Wine-making Workshop, Nov 5 from 10 am to 12 pm at Vermilionville |
| Trapping Workshop, Dec 3 in Abbeville |
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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. Current Atchafalaya Basin water levels from NOAA.
Data is for 10/6/2016
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: 23.5'
24 hour change: 0.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.7' by 10/11
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: 29.6'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 29.5' by 10/11
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 14.9'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.5' by 10/11
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 5.0'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.2' by 10/11
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: 9.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.4' by 10/11
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 6.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.9' by 10/11
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 5.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.4' by 10/11
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 4.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.6' by 10/11
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.3'
Forecast: expect to REMAIN at 3.3' through 10/11
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.8' by 10/11
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.8' by 10/11
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.51'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 17.77'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.88'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 6.10'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 3.30'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 6.57'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 17.60'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 5.41'
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 3.18'
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