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TNC Acquires 5,000 Acres in AB Floodway!
On July 2, 2015, The Nature Conservancy announced the addition of 5,359 acres in the Atchafalaya River Basin to their preserve system! The acquisition in the Bayou Sorrel region “marks the first step in a long-term vision to conserve and restore America’s great swamp forest.” according to the press release. The newly-acquired land, along with adjacent State Land parcels in…
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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
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Recent Atchafalaya Basin Press
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July 2012 Meetings_Report
Click HERE for a recap of several meetings held around the Basin over the past month. Included are the Atchafalaya Basin Program Technical Advisory Group meeting, Friends of the Atchafalaya Board Meeting, and the Atchafalaya Trace Commission Regular Meeting, concerning the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area. The document is an Adobe PDF file. You will need Adobe Reader…
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May 2012 Meetings Report
Click HERE for a recap of several meetings held around the Basin over the past month. Included are the Friends of the Atchafalaya Board and Annual Meetings, the Atchafalaya Basin Program Technical Advisory Group meeting, a portion of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority meeting, and the Atchafalaya Trace Commission Regular Meeting, concerning the Atchafalaya National…
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Basin Inventory & Assessment Tool
NEWS RELEASE www.dnr.louisiana.gov For Immediate Release Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Contact: Anna Dearmon, 225.223.3835 Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory Assessment System Now Available Online BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is pleased to announce that the Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System (ABNRIAS) is now available online at http://abp.cr.usgs.gov/…
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Much Water in the Basin
It has been interesting to watch the water coming in and going out of the Atchafalaya Basin.
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2011 Flood Info Links
Here are some links for 2011 Flood information – I’ll post more as i get them.
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Carl Carline Paddles Away
Word came today, April 8, 2011, that our friend in the Basin, Carl Carline, 80, life-long resident of Charenton, passed on this morning.
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Proclamations Issued
Here are downloads of the Proclamation of Atchafalaya Month by Governor Jindal and the Declaration of Support and Commendation from Representative Karen St. Germain and the Legislative Oversight Committee. Thank you to the Governor and Representative St. Germain for their support of our activities from the Friends of the Atchafalaya and the Atchafalaya National Heritage…