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 16 - Feb 15
Primitive Firearms, Nov. 12-18 and Jan 30-31 (bucks only); Jan 23-29 (either sex)

Ducks, Coots and Mergansers: Nov. 12 - Dec. 4 and Dec. 17 - Jan. 22

The Advocate: Cold front will rough up coastal marshes, change conditions
Louisiana Sportsman: Hunters report solid opening weekend: Heavy pressure appeared to slow action on Sunday
KATC: Boating advisory issued ahead of cold front
The Daily Iberian: Youth duck hunters fare fair on Atchafalaya Delta
Daily Comet: Local coastal project gets boost
The Advertiser: 'Cajun swamp tour' is everything it claims to be
Daily Chronicle: Troop 33 Scouts paddled through Louisiana swamp
Save the Date:
Flashlight night at Bluebonnet Swamp, Nov. 19
Black Friday Protest Paddle, Nov 25 at 8 am, Heymann Park in Lafayette
Bayou Teche Paddle Series - Arnaudville to Cecilia, Nov. 26
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 11/17/2016

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: 15.9'
24 hour change: -0.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.8' by 11/22

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: 23.6'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.3' by 11/22

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 10.3'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.4' by 11/22

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.9'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.5' by 11/22

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: 7.2' by 11/22

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 4.5'
Forecast: expect to HOLD through 11/22

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 4.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.0' by 11/22

Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 4.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.0' by 11/22

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.9' by 11/22

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.3'
Forecast: expect to HOLD through 11/22

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.3'
Forecast: expect to HOLD through 11/22

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.68'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.25'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.64'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 5.97'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 3.10'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 6.99'

Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 16.87'

Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 4.39'

Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 3.09'

   
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