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: 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
WAFB: Coast Guard crew rescues man who fell out of boat into cold Atchafalaya River
The Acadiana Advocate: hunting-fishing for Thursday, Nov. 30
Country Roads: The Great Decimation:The collapse of the Louisiana deer population
LDWF: LDWF, IHEA-USA Stressing Four Gun Safety Rules For a Safe Hunt
Events:
A Rural Life Christmas, Dec 3 from 12:30 to 6 pm at LSU Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge
Creole Christmas & Holiday Fair, Dec 10 from 1 to 6 pm at Magnolia Mound Plantation in Baton Rouge
Old Time Christmas at Vermilionville, Dec 12 in Lafayette
Christmas on the Cajun Coast, throughout December in St. Mary Parish
Christmas Bonfires, Dec 24 on the Mississippi River Levee
The Cajun Way, Saturdays in December 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 12/1/2017

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: 20.5'

24 hour change: -1.5'

Forecast: expect to FALL to 17.1' by 12/06

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: 25.8'

24 hour change: +0.1'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 26.5' by 12/06

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge

Flood Stage: 35'

Stage: 11.8'

24 hour change: +0.2'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.6' by 12/06

Mississippi River at New Orleans

Flood Stage: 17'

Stage: 3.3'

24 hour change: +0.2'

Forecast: expect to rise to 3.2' by 12/06

Atchafalaya River

Atchafalaya River at Simmesport

Flood Stage: 47'

Stage: 10.9'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 12/06' by 12/06

Atchafalaya River at Melville

Flood Stage: 34'

Stage: 6.6'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.9' by 12/06

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs

Flood Stage: 29'

Stage: 6.2'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.6' by 12/06

Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose

Flood Stage: 20'

Stage: 4.9'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.2' by 12/06

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW

Flood Stage: 12'

Stage: 3.3'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.4' by 12/06

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point

Flood Stage: 15'

Stage: 2.5'

Forecast: expect to RISE TO 2.9' by 12/06

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City

Flood Stage: 6'

Stage: 1.8'

Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.2' by 12/06

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel

Stage: 8.97'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel

Stage: 5.00'

Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)

Stage: 16.95'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long

Stage: 2.19'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove

Stage: 6.36'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose

Stage: 5.03'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson

Stage: 8.61'

Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne

Stage: 17.29'

Work Canal near I-10

Stage: 7.41'

Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long

Stage: 5.22'

Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot

Stage: 2.72'

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