Department of Natural Resources
Atchafalaya Basin Bulletin

News:

Canoeing in the Atchafalaya Basin

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: 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
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:

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

Send in your Basin Pics!

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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