Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

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NEWS AND EVENTS

News:

HUNTING SEASONS

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

Country Roads: Camping in the Atchafalaya Basin
The Acadiana Advocate: Deadline set for alligator hunters to apply for southwest Louisiana wildlife refuge lottery
Reuters: Pipeline fights move from Dakota prairie to Louisiana bayous

Country Roads: Atchafalaya Honey and Other Swamp Gold

The Acadiana Advocate: As Mardi Gras nears, outdoorsmen make time for fishing and hunting
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Events:
Bushcraft, Feb 25 at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville
Courir de Mardi Gras at Eunice, Feb 24 - 28
Dutch Oven Cooking, March 4 at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville
LDWF Aquatic Volunteer Instructor Program, March 4 in New Orleans
Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, March 8 at 10 am in Baton Rouge
Bal du Dimanche in February, Sundays from 1 - 4 pm at Vermilionville in Lafayette
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

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 2/23/2017

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: 22.8'
24 hour change: -1.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 20.5' by 2/28

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: 33.4'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 32.4' by 2/28

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 18.7'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.0' by 2/28

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 5.9'
24 hour change: +0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.7' by 2/19
Atchafalaya River

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 9.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.4' by 2/28

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 8.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.4' by 2/28

Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 6.4'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 6.4' through 2/28

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 5.0'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 5.0' through 2/28

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.9' by 2/28

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.5' by 2/28

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.57'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.62'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 19.04'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.81'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 7.89'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 7.41'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 11.47'

Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 18.81'

Work Canal near I-10
Stage: 8.93'

Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 7.27'

Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 4.36'

   
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