Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

NEWS AND EVENTS

News:

CURRENT HUNTING SEASONS

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

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

The Advertiser: Re-establishing flow to Basin may prevent another flood event
Louisiana Sportsman: Two sides of the coin - Expert tips for fall Atchafalaya Basin bass fishing
KATC: Blackpot Festival planned at Vermilionville
LDWF: New Regulations Governing Night-time Take of Outlaw Quadrupeds Now in Effect, LDWF Announces
Houma Today: Roumbanis leads Atchafalaya Basin's Bassmaster event
Save the Date:
Blackpot Festival and Cookoff in Lafayette on October 28 and 29
Bayou Teche Paddle Series - Leonville to Arnaudville, Oct. 29
Atchafalaya Basin Sweep, Oct. 29
La Table Jeunesse at NUNU's, Oct. 30 in Arnaudville
Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, Nov. 2 at 10 am at Capitol Park Welcome Center in Baton Rouge
Atchafalaya Basin Program Research and Promotion Board Meeting, Nov. 3 at 9:30 am in Baton Rouge
Kayaking 101 - Basic Flatwater Skills, Nov. 3 at Lake Martin in Breaux Bridge
Attakapas Trade Days, Nov. 5 from 10 am to 3 pm at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville
Wine-making Workshop, Nov 5 from 10 am to 12 pm at Vermilionville
Fly Fishing 101, Nov. 10 at 6 pm at Pack & Paddle in Lafayette
Trapping Workshop, Dec 3 in Abbeville

Send in your Basin Pics!

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 10/27/2016

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: 23.2'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.1' by 11/01

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: 27.5'
24 hour change: -0.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 27.7' by 11/01

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 13.4'
24 hour change: -0.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.2' by 11/01

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 4.4'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.3' by 11/01

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: no data
Forecast: 8.2' by 11/1

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 5.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.23' by 11/1

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 4.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.7' by 11/1

Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 3.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.6' by 11/1

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.0' by 11/1

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.4' by 11/1

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.3' by 11/1

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.45'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.29'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.71'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 6.01'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 3.30'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 6.72'

Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 17.08'

Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 4.78'

Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 3.01'

   
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