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Hello from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
| News: |
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| The Advocate: New program brings scavenger hunt to Atchafalaya Basin |
| LDWF: LDWF Accepting Applications for WMA Waterfowl Lottery Hunts for 2017-18 Season |
| The Advocate: Explore the Atchafalaya in new exhibit at West Baton Rouge Museum |
| ClickOn Detroit: Invasive red swamp crayfish found in two locations in Michigan |
| Times-Picayune: Cajun Caviar? On National Caviar Day, we indulge in Atchafalaya fish eggs |
| Mashable: No need to worry, just hundreds of thousands of fire ants forming living towers |
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| Events: |
| 4th Annual Southwest Louisiana Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe Festival, July 29 at the Farmer's Market Pavilion in Opelousas |
| Dutch Oven Cooking, August 5 at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Acadian Culture Day, August 13 from 10 am to 5 pm at Vermilionville in Lafayette |
| Solar Eclipse, Aug 21 from noon to 2:30 pm; viewing at the Louisiana State Arboretum in Ville Platte or make your own pinhole projector |
| 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 |
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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 7/28/2017
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: 25.7'
24 hour change: +1.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 28.0' by 8/2
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: 33.7'
24 hour change: -0.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 31.3' by 8/2
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 18.4'
24 hour change: -0.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.5' by 8/2
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 5.6'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.7' by 8/2
Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River at Simmesport
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: 12.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.5' by 8/2
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 9.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.6' by 8/2
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 8.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.7' by 8/2
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 6.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.7' by 8/2
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 5.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.6' by 8/2
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.0' by 8/2
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.0' by 8/2
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.78'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 7.11'
Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)
Stage: 18.15'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.16'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 8.24'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 8.12'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 12.13'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 17.88'
Work Canal near I-10
Stage: 9.63'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 7.10'
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 4.56'
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