Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

Hello from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!

News:

Squirrel Hunting Season:
May 6 - 28

Mississippi River Batture Fishing: now!

Vice News: Welcome to the swamp: A photojournalist spent months documenting the next big pipeline fight in Louisiana
Times-Picayune: Wildlife & Fisheries secretary receives one of France's highest honors
Louisiana Sportsman: Harvest survey emailed to 68,000 hunters statewide
Country Roads: The Wild Girl of Catahoula
World Fleet Register: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock awarded Atchafalaya dredging contract
KATC: What's Your Story? Episode 12 Catahoula
Invasive Species Watch: Apple Snails
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Events:
Chitimacha Paddle Race, May 20 from New Iberia to Charenton
Free Paddle Demo at LSU Lakes, May 20 at BREC's Milford Wampold Memorial Park in Baton Rouge
Tunica-Biloxi Pow Wow, May 20 at Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville
Krotz Springs Sportsmen's Heritage Festival, May 25 at the Krotz Springs fairgrounds
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
Atchafalaya History Kids Summer Camp, June 19-23 and June 26-30 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen

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 5/19/2017

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: 48.1'
24 hour change: 0.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 37.8' by 5/24

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: 55.4'
24 hour change: +0.3'
Forecast: expect to CREST at 58.0' on 5/25

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 37.9'
24 hour change: +0.5'
Forecast: expect to CREST at 41.0' on 5/26

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 14.8'
24 hour change: +0.2'
Forecast: expect to CREST at 16.5' on 5/28
Atchafalaya River

Atchafalaya River at Simmesport
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: 34.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 36.9' by 5/24

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 26.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 29.1' by 5/24

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 23.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 26.1' by 5/24

Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 17.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 18.4' by 5/24

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 9.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.8' by 5/24

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 10.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.5' by 5/24

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 5.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.6' by 5/24

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 14.36'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.78'

Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)
Stage: 23.38'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 7.55'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 13.98'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 12.98'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 16.70'

Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 18.03'

Work Canal near I-10
Stage: 12.67'

Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 16.47'

Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 8.16'

   
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