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Hello from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
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The Advocate: Backwater flooding hitting parts of water-logged Assumption Parish
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| KLFY: Greg Guirard, Atchafalaya Basin author, photographer dies |
| The Acadiana Advocate: Weather looks promising for Free Fishing Days |
| LDWF: Do Not Disturb Deer Fawns |
| The Advertiser: AgCenter launches largest mosquito survey since 1980s |
| The Times Picayune: Want to hunt alligators on public land? Act now |
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Events:
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| ABP Technical Advisory Group Meeting, June 22 at 9:30 am at DNR in Baton Rouge |
| ABP Research and Promotion Board Meeting, June 29 at 9:30 am at DNR in Baton Rouge |
| Free Fishing Weekend, June 10 and 11 statewide |
| Morgan City Fishing Rodeo, June 10 |
| Shadows-on-the-Teche Children's History Camp, June 12-16 in New Iberia |
| Bushcraft, June 24 at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| 4th Annual Southwest Louisiana Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe Festival, July 29 at the Farmer's Market Pavilion in Opelousas |
| 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 |
| Atchafalaya History Kids Summer Camp, June 19-23 and June 26-30 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
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Send in your Basin Pics!
Let us know if you have an upcoming event to promote the Basin!
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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 6/9/2017
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: 35.2'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 29.9' by 6/14
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: 56.3'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 54.5' by 6/14
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 39.3'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 37.8' by 6/14
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 15.7'
24 hour change: -0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.2' by 6/14
Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River at Simmesport
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: 33.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 33.6' by 6/14
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 26.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 25.2' by 6/14
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 23.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.4' by 6/14
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 17.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 16.8' by 6/14
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 10.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.3' by 6/14
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 10.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.1' by 6/14
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 6.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.5' by 6/14
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 16.27'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.06'
Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)
Stage: 21.09'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 9.50'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 14.88'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 14.21'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 18.02'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 19.17'
Work Canal near I-10
Stage: 14.63'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 17.05'
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 10.14'
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