Greetings from DNR Secretary Scott Angelle and the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

Happy New Year from the Atchafalaya Basin Program!

The Times-Picayune: McCutchan's deft "River Music" evokes Atchafalaya country and a Cajun musician

Proposed FY2013 Atchafalaya Basin Program Plan:
The Atchafalaya Basin Program Research and Promotion Board met on Thursday, December 1, 2011 to review public comments that had been received for the Draft FY2013 Annual Basin Plan. As a result of that meeting, the Draft FY2013 Annual Basin Plan has been updated to reflect the changes which were accepted at that meeting. The revised Draft FY2013 Annual Basin Plan can be found at http://dnr.louisiana.gov/assets/OCM/ABP/2013DRAFTPLAN_DEC.pdf. The plan will be presented at the next CPRA meeting scheduled for January 18, 2012.

Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System:  
The Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System (ABNRIAS) is now available online at http://abp.cr.usgs.gov/   

FY2011-2012 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan:  
To view the FY2011-2012 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan, go to  www.basin.louisiana.gov.

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.

Data is for 1/3/12

ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.

Mississippi 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: 38.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 34.5' by 1/07

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: 46.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 45.3' by 1/07

Atchafalaya River, just south of ORCS, at Simmesport
Reading: The combined latitudinal flows of the Red, Black, Ouachita, and ORCS flow from the Mississippi
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: 28.54'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 27.9' by 1/07

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 21.56'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 21.0' by 1/07

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 19.39'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.0' by 1/07

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 14.38'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.1' by 1/07
FLOOD WARNING

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 8.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.8' by 1/07

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 8.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.3' by 1/07
FLOOD WARNING

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 5.08'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.9' by 1/07
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
FLOOD WARNING

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 12.95'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.04'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 17.94'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 10.31'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 11.54'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 6.49'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 10.83'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 17.07'

Beau Bayou Swamp
NA - Equipment malfunction

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 15.75'