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FOA Plans Boat Landing Cleanups
The Friends of the Atchafalaya Board has decided to sponsor a series of boat landing cleanup activities around the Basin. These activities will help the local parishes in their efforts to keep the landings clean and free from debris, and will remind boaters that they can help to keep the Basin clean and safe by…
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Basin Program Hearings Postponed
The Atchafalaya Basin Program announced today that the hearings planned around the Basin this week have been postponed to yet unannounced dates because of hurricane Gustav recovery issues. We will post the new schedule when it is available.
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Unofficial ABP Update (revised)
Just in case anyone missed it, HB1135 was signed into law by the Governor on June 30 and becomes effective on August 15 of this year. It was designated Act 606. You can read the text at http://www.legis.state.la.us/ (scroll down the page and enter 1135 next to HB to search for the final version.) The…
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Atchafalaya Heritage Area Hearings
Monday night was the first of several hearings held by the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area as part of a management planning process. Each area is required, as part of its Federal designation, to prepare a management plan, and these hearings are one of the first steps in establishing a scope and approach to creating and…
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May 2008 Basin Update
There is a lot going on in the Basin this spring. The Atchafalaya at Butte La Rose was higher than it has been since 1997 and is now falling slowly. (http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/eng/Edhd/Wcontrol/opfiles/051884.asp) Crawfish are big and plentiful and people are out on the water. Be careful in the high water and strong currents. Sediment: There will…
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Request for Heritage Area Participation
This message came from Debra Credeur, of the LA Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. Debra works on the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area project (formerly organized as the Atchafalaya Trace Commission). I asked her to give us an update on the status of the Heritage Area and she provided these messages. This is another chance…