Hello from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS
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HUNTING SEASONS
Deer: Archery, Oct 16 - Feb 15 Primitive Firearms, Jan 30-31 (bucks only); Jan 23-29 (either sex) Firearms, Nov 19 - Jan 22
Ducks, Coots and Mergansers: Dec. 17 - Jan. 22
Squirrel and Rabbit: Oct 1 - Feb 28 Daily bag limit: 8
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ABP: Nominate a project for the Atchafalay Basin Program |
LDWF: Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Adopts Notice of Intent for Hunting Seasons, Hunting Regulations and WMA Rules
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KATC: Louisiana crawfish season is underway
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KLFY: Henderson mayor not against Bayou Bridge Pipeline, just wants "it done right"
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The Advocate: Shreveport group coming to Baton Rouge to protest southern Louisiana pipeline |
KATC: Patterson's Cypress Sawmill Festival canceled for 2017 |
The Advertiser: Basin workshop puts Louisiana on photography map |
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Events:
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Public Hearing for Bayou Bridge Pipeline, Jan 12 at 6 pm in the Oliver Polluck Rm. at 602 N. 5th St. in Baton Rouge |
Louisiana Fur & Wildlife Festival, Jan 13-14 in Cameron |
Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, Jan 18 at 10 am at the Capitol Park Conference Center, 702 River Road North, in Baton Rouge |
Kayaking 101 - Basic Flatwater Skills, Jan 21 at 2 pm at Lake Martin in Breaux Bridge |
Bayou Teche History and Heritage Talk, Jan 25 at 6 pm at the Jeanerette Museum
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Register for "Becoming an Outdoors-Woman" Workshop, Jan 27 |
Bushcraft, Jan 28 at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
Bayou Teche Paddle Series - Breaux Bridge to St. Martinville, Jan 28 |
Southern Atchafalaya Eagle Paddle, Feb 11 from 9 am to 5 pm, Pack & Paddle |
La Table Francaise, last Saturday of every month at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville |
Les Courdre Pointes Quilting Circle, every Thursday from 1:30 - 3:30 pm at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville |
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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 1/12/2016
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: 28.3 24 hour change: -1.0' Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.4' by 1/17
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: 34.4' 24 hour change: -0.4' Forecast: expect to FAll to 33.6' by 1/17
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 20.1' 24 hour change: -0.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.2' by 1/17
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 6.3' 24 hour change: 0.0' Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.0' by 1/17
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
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 12.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.7' by 1/17
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 10.9' Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.5' by 1/17
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 8.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.1' by 1/17
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 5.2' Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.1' by 1/17
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 4.9' Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.1' by 1/17
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 3.2' Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.3' by 1/17
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 10.41'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 7.87'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 17.41'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 3.85'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove Stage: 7.86'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 9.42'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 13.57'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne Stage: 18.91'
Work Canal near I-10 Stage: 9.60'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long Stage: 8.78'
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot Stage: 4.31'
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