Atchafalaya Basin News

Category: Basin Perspectives

  • Who Runs the Basin in 2020?

    Who runs the Atchafalaya Basin? One of the common questions that i get when i tell people that i work with the Friends of the Atchafalaya is “Who runs the Atchafalaya Basin, anyway?”, as if there is a single person with a magic wand and a trunk full of dollars, making decisions about which areas…

  • LSU study looks at Basin differently…

    This story: http://phys.org/news/2016-07-methods-coastal.html and this report: http://www.laseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/Coevolution-Twilley-et-al-2016.pdf look at the differences in coastal land loss in the Atchafalaya and Terrebonne Basins from a different perspective that is worth studying.

  • Basin Background Info

    Background and observations on the Atchafalaya Basin Program [Ed. Note: This document was prepared by documentarian Charles Caillouet, a former contractor to the Atchafalaya Basin Program, a founder of the Friends of the Atchafalaya, and a current member of the Atchafalaya Trace Commission. It represents the views of the author and some FOA members but may…

  • MRC Presentation August 2014

    This is the document delivered to the Mississippi River Commission in August 2014 at the hearing in Houma after the Corps of Engineers low-water boat trip down the Mississippi and the Atchafalaya: 20140821_MRC_doc   This is the short  oral presentation made in the hearing, in conjunction with the delivery of the above document: MRC_2014_Speech   crc/30

  • Atchafalaya Basin Action Table Survey

    The Friends of the Atchafalaya are attempting to gather opinions from our partners and supporters in the Basin on approaches to restoration in the Floodway and surrounding areas. The attached documents include our own opinions, as well as several options that we might not approve of. We have tried to identify our goals as separate…

  • Atchafalaya Basin in 2011

    [Updated – November 10, 2011] On October 31, 2011, this writer gave a presentation as a part of Experience Atchafalaya Days 2011, on the Atchafalaya Basin and the Flood of 2011. There is so much to talk about when one tries to define the Basin (it represents different things to just about everyone you ask),…

  • Who Runs the Basin?

    One of the common questions that i get when i tell people that i work with the Friends of the Atchafalaya is “Who runs the Atchafalaya Basin, anyway?”, as if there is a single person with a magic wand and a trunk full of dollars, making decisions about which areas to mess up and which…

  • Canoeing Visitor Info

    I received a message today from a fellow who paddled in the Basin five years ago and was looking for some information on how to get back out into the Basin for another trip. He is cominng with three friends from all over North America. I sent him a few links but i thought that…

  • Revisiting the “Water in the Basin” Report

    In August, 2002, the Atchafalaya Basin Program submitted a report to then-Governor Mike Foster, containing recommendations for the control of water flow through the Basin. The report was the culmination of a long process of investigation, public input, discussion and review by a committee, simply named the “Water in the Basin” Committee.