Atchafalaya Basin News

Category: General Information

  • Bookin’ it on the Bayou

    Here are some books that should interest you if you want to know more about the Atchafalaya Basin, the Mississippi River, Coastal Louisiana, or wild Louisiana, in general. 

  • 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…

  • Basin Information Sheets

    These two downloadable PDF documents were prepared as handouts for 2014 LA Earth Day and are free to reproduce for distribution to anyone interested in the Atchafalaya Basin.   This map of the state shows the relationships among the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, the Atchafalaya Basin Floodways, and the Atchafalaya Basin Program purview.      …

  • NARRP Conference Presentation

    PDF notes for the presentation made by Charles Caillouet to the National Association of Recreation Resource Planners is now available. Send me an email to foa at basinbuddies dot org. It is titled Beauty, Violence, Turmoil, and Recovery: Life in a Great Swamp and addresses the history of the Basin, the working of the Floodways, other…

  • Atchafalaya Basin Maps

    We often get requests for maps of the Atchafalaya Basin. This post contains links to several useful sites where one can order or download maps of the area. Keep in mind that each organization listed here has a different definition of the Atchafalaya Basin, based on their perspective and/or their official mandates.

  • Heritage Area Has a New Video

    From the Heritage Area office: Atchafalaya National Heritage Area embarked on a branding campaign last year that includes media applications, new graphics, a tagline and a brand statement.  The brand statement was used as the script for a video we produced and can be viewed at  http://vimeo.com/10718228 .  The video will be used for promotional…

  • FOA Sites Attacked by Bad Guys

    If you tried to reach one of the FOA or EAD sites this week, and got some funny looking code on your screen, it is because of a security problem with our hosting service. The problem allowed outsiders to replace the site address in the database with an outside address which tried to load bad…

  • Old River Control Structures

    In his recent reviews of Atchafalaya Basin Policy at LACoastPost.com, Len Bahr refers to this document as “The most concise and understandable description of the Atchafalaya River system of which I am aware…” It is well worth the read. It describes the construction,  workings, and operation of the Old River Control Structures and discusses the lower…

  • 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…

  • 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.