Happy New Year!

News:	Current and Upcoming Hunting Seasons (see Louisiana Hunting Regulations for more information) 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: Nov 12 - Jan. 4 Gallinules: Nov 12 - Jan 4 Snipe: Dec 17 - Feb 28 Canada Geese: Dec 17 - Jan 31 Light and White-fronted Geese: Dec 17 - Feb 12 Doves: Dec 17 - Jan 15 Bobcat, raccoon, possum: year-round
Teche Today: Height barriers installed on Pontoon Bridge
LDWF: Feral Hog Transport Notice of Intent
The Acadiana Advocate: Hunters say Arctic blast moved ducks
LDWF: Notice of Intent for Hunting Seasons, Hunting Regulations and WMA Rules
Plaquemine Post South: Experts predict record-breaking sugar cane crop in Louisiana, Iberville Parish
The Times: BTNEP works with Minnesota on pollution prevention
Events:
Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, Jan 17 at 10 am at the Capitol Park Meeting and Events Center in Baton Rouge
Coming Together: Acadians, Malaguenos, and Islenos, Jan 24 at 6 pm at the Jeanerette Museum
Vigilantes on the Bayou, Jan 27 from 9 am to 3 pm at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville
The Cajun Way, Saturdays in January at the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center in Jean Lafitte National Park
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

Water Levels:

Data is for 1/5/2018

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: 14.7'

24 hour change: -2.2'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.8' by 1/10

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: 31.9'

24 hour change: -0.1'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 27.2' by 1/10

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge

Flood Stage: 35'

Stage: 16.9'

24 hour change: -0.1'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.0' by 1/10

Mississippi River at New Orleans

Flood Stage: 17'

Stage: 4.7'

24 hour change: 0.0'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.4' by 1/10

Atchafalaya River

Atchafalaya River at Simmesport

Flood Stage: 47'

Stage: 15.5'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.0' by 1/10

Atchafalaya River at Melville

Flood Stage: 34'

Stage: 10.2'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.9' by 1/10

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs

Flood Stage: 29'

Stage: 9.2'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.9' by 1/10

Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose

Flood Stage: 20'

Stage: 6.9'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.4' by 1/10

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW

Flood Stage: 12'

Stage: 4.0'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.4' by 1/10

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point

Flood Stage: 15'

Stage: 3.7'

Forecast: expect to FALL TO 3.0' by 1/10

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City

Flood Stage: 6'

Stage: 1.8'

Forecast: expect to HOLD through 1/10

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel

Stage: 9.50'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel

Stage: 5.03'

Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)

Stage: 17.40'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long

Stage: 2.48'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove

Stage: 6.70'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose

Stage: 4.62'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson

Stage: 10.06'

Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne

Stage: 18.45'

Work Canal near I-10

Stage: 9.01'

Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long

Stage: 7.27'

Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot

Stage: 3.03'

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