Hello from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
Squirrel Hunting Season:
May 6 - 28
Mississippi River Batture Fishing: now!
Vice News: Welcome to the swamp: A photojournalist spent months documenting the next big pipeline fight in Louisiana
Times-Picayune: Wildlife & Fisheries secretary receives one of France's highest honors
Louisiana Sportsman: Harvest survey emailed to 68,000 hunters statewide
Country Roads: The Wild Girl of Catahoula
World Fleet Register: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock awarded Atchafalaya dredging contract
KATC: What's Your Story? Episode 12 Catahoula
Invasive Species Watch: Apple Snails
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Chitimacha Paddle Race, May 20 from New Iberia to Charenton
Free Paddle Demo at LSU Lakes, May 20 at BREC's Milford Wampold Memorial Park in Baton Rouge
Tunica-Biloxi Pow Wow, May 20 at Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville
Krotz Springs Sportsmen's Heritage Festival, May 25 at the Krotz Springs fairgrounds
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
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.
24 hour change: 0.7'
Forecast: expect to CREST at 58.0' on 5/25
Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River at Simmesport
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.8' by 5/24
Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Work Canal near I-10
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot