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Hello from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
| News: |
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| KATC: Sandbags available in Acadiana |
| Michigan Live: Crayfish invasion brings taste of Louisiana to Michigan |
| WVUE: Heart of Louisiana: Legacy Cypress |
| The Advocate: Plaquemine mayor sees proposed ferry landing, trail as boon for city |
| The Acadiana Advocate: Teal season right around the corner; estimates up from last year |
| The Acadiana Advocate: Fishing die-hards take Basin challenge |
| The Acadiana Advocate: Go ahead! Fish that muddy water |
| Country Roads: The Sporting Life: Best practices (and businesses) to help you enjoy the outdoors in summer |
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| Events: |
| Bushcraft, August 26 at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society Tour, August 26 in Eunice, www.cajunprairie.org |
| The River Rises: Historical Floods, June 3 - Aug 27 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
| Dutch Oven Cooking, Sept. 2 from 10am to 1pm at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| 2017 Big River Regional Paddle Race, Sept. 2 in Baton Rouge |
| Teche-Vermilion Watershed Symposium: Building on Regional Progress, Sept. 8 at Vermilionville in Lafayette |
| Lower Atchafalaya River Sprint, Sept 9 in Patterson |
| Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, Sept. 13 at 10 am at the Capitol Park Welcome Center in Baton Rouge |
| The Atchafalaya River Basin, an Ecological Perspective, Sept 15 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 8/25/2017
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: 16.9'
24 hour change: +0.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 19.2' by 8/30
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: 30.1'
24 hour change: -1.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 29.0' by 8/30
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 15.2'
24 hour change: -0.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.7' by 8/30
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 4.8'
24 hour change: 0.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.1' by 8/30
Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River at Simmesport
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: 10.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.3' by 8/30
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 7.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.8' by 8/30
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 6.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.1' by 8/30
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 5.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.6' by 8/30
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 4.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.8' by 8/30
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.8' by 8/30
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.5' by 8/30
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.97'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.86'
Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)
Stage: 16.85'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.39'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 7.10'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 6.07'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 10.04'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 17.56'
Work Canal near I-10
Stage: 9.52'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 6.04'
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 3.78'
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