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News:
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Deer: Oct 1 through Jan 31
Quail and pheasant: Nov 19 - Feb 28
Rabbit: Oct 1 - Feb 28
Squirrel: Oct 1 - Feb 28
Nutria: Sept 1 - Feb 28
Crows, blackbirds, cowbirds, and grackles: Sept 1 - Jan 1
Ducks, Coots and Mergansers: Nov 5 - Jan 28
Rails: Sep. 10-25, Nov 12 - Jan. 4
Gallinules: Sept 10 - 25, Nov 12 - Jan 4
Snipe: Nov 2 - Dec 4, Dec 17 - Feb 28
Canada Geese: Nov 5 - Dec 4, Dec 17 - Jan 31
Light and White-fronted Geese: Nov 5 - Dec 4, Dec 17 - Feb 12
Doves: Oct 8 - Nov 27, Dec 17 - Jan 15
Bobcat, raccoon, possum: year-round
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| DNR: DNR Atchafalaya Basin Program Project at Butte LaRose to upgrade boat launch |
| Post South: Lt. Gov. Nungesser and Iberville Parish President Mitchell Ourso announce October is Atchafalaya Month in the state and Iberville Parish |
| UF News: Engineered river diversions sequester carbon in deltas |
Events:
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| International Acadian Festival, Oct 20 from 11 am to 9 pm in Plaquemine Waterfront Park |
| Boudin Cook-Off, Oct 21 in Lafayette |
| Blackpot Festival and Cook-Off, Oct 27-28 at Vermilionville in Lafayette |
| Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, Nov 8 at 10 am at the Capitol Park Welcome Center in Baton Rouge |
| Atchafalaya Basin Festival, Nov 11 in Henderson |
| 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 Friday at 10 am at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville |
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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 10/20/2017
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: 21.2'
24 hour change: 0.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.0' by 10/25
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: 22.8'
24 hour change: +0.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 24.9' by 10/25
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 9.3'
24 hour change: +0.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.3' by 10/25
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.3'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.7' by 10/25
Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River at Simmesport
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: 8.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.4' by 10/25
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 5.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.3' by 10/25
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 5.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.3' by 10/25
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 4.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.7' by 10/25
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.2' by 10/25
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE TO 3.1 by 10/25
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.0 by 10/25
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.92'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.89'
Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)
Stage: 17.98'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.63'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 6.21'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 5.14'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.77'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 17.08'
Work Canal near I-10
Stage: 6.83'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 4.76'
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 2.98'
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