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Hello from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
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| The West Side Journal: 'Boats of the Basin: Design, Function, and Form for the Life Aquatic' Lunchtime lecture at the WBR Museum |
| The West Bank Beacon: Direct from the Waters of the Atchafalaya Basin |
| The Times-Picayune: Snakes of Louisiana: 46 of the state's slithery species |
| inRegister: Arts around town: C.C. Lockwood's Atchafalaya photos at WBR Museum; Hot Summer Nights, Cool Jazz returns to LSU |
| LDWF: Roseau Cane Mealy Bug Continues Destructive Path Through Southern Plaquemines Parish |
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| Events: |
| ABP Technical Advisory Group Meeting, June 22 at 9:30 am at DNR in Baton Rouge |
| ABP Research and Promotion Board Meeting, June 29 at 9:30 am at DNR in Baton Rouge |
| Shadows-on-the-Teche Children's History Camp, June 12-16 in New Iberia |
| Bushcraft, June 24 at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Friends of the Atchafalaya Monthly Meeting, June 27 at 7 pm at the Louisiana Wildlife Federation office in Baton Rouge |
| Dutch Oven Cooking, July 1 at 10 am at the Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Krotz Springs Quilt Show & Sale, July 8 at the Gary Soileau Community Center in Krotz Springs |
| Les Mains Guidées: Boudin, July 8 at Vermilionville in Lafayette |
| Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, July 12 at 10 am at the Capitol Park Welcome Center in Baton Rouge |
| Boats of the Basin: Design, Function and Form for the Life Aquatic, July 18 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
| Teachers Institute 2017: "THE ACADEMICS OF THE ATCHAFALAYA" - JULY 18TH, 19TH, AND 20TH at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
| 4th Annual Southwest Louisiana Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe Festival, July 29 at the Farmer's Market Pavilion in Opelousas |
| The River Rises: Historical Floods, June 3 - Aug 27 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
| Water Trails of the Atchafalaya, June 17 - Oct 29 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
| 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 |
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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 6/15/2017
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: 27.9'
24 hour change: -1.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.3' by 6/20
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: 53.9'
24 hour change: -0.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 49.7' by 6/20
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 37.0'
24 hour change: -0.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 33.38' by 6/20
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 14.5'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.6' by 6/20
Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River at Simmesport
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: 32.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 29.0' by 6/20
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 25.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.3' by 6/20
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 22.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 20.3' by 6/20
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 17.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.4' by 6/20
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 10.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.6' by 6/20
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 10.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.3' by 6/20
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 6.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.0' by 6/20
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 15.63'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.76'
Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)
Stage: 20.08'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 8.93'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 14.30'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 13.68'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 17.53'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 18.73'
Work Canal near I-10
Stage: 14.18'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 16.42
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 9.53'
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