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Basin Program Meetings Completed
On Monday night, the last of three public meetings soliciting input for the Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan for 2011 took place in Morgan City. Meetings at Plaquemine and Henderson took place last week, giving everyone around the Basin a chance to propose projects for next year. Prior to these meetings, ABP staffers have been…
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Wood Storks & More at South Farm
John Clark of Iberville Parish reports that the turnout was outstanding at South Farm a few weeks ago, by both the observers and the birds.
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Public Hearing Dates Released
According to an email update from the Atchafalaya Basin Program, the dates for the August hearings to collect recommendations for 2011 Basin Program project idea have been updated. I have not seen a post on the APB Web page yet but you should find something there soon.
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Experience Atchafalaya Days
Friends of the Atchafalaya, the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, and the Louisiana Office of Tourism are planning Experience Atchafalaya Days for the month of October 2009. If you are interested in hosting or participating in an event, you can go to EAD2009.info EAD2009 Alert! If you want your event or sponsorship to be included in…
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ABP R & P Board Update
The Atchafalaya Basin Program Research and Promotion Board held a meeting on July 15, 2009, and discussed details of the process for developing the 2011 Annual Plan for the Program. They talked about the tight timeline necessary to get projects into the system in time to create the plan and get it approved by all…
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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…
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Another Article on the Basin
This must have been our weekend for Atchafalaya Basin articles. The Lafayette Sunday Advertiser started an “ocassional series” on the Basin with a story about the Old River Control Structure and its relationship to the Basin. You can see that article here, as long as it stays up. crc/30
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Water in (through?) the Basin
The Advocate has a pretty good introductory article on the Corps activity to re-evaluate the management of water through the Old River Control structure. There is a lot of interest in moving more sediment through the Basin for coastal restoration projects. But, as Paul Kemp of Audubon’s Gulf Coast Initiative puts it in the article,…
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What Is Needed To Save The Basin?
Several stories have surfaced in the past few days, making reference to a report by a couple of LSU researchers on the lack of sediment in the Mississippi River since hundreds of dams were installed along the Mississippi River watershed. Here are links to articles about the report: LACoastPost.com Picayune article Advocate article
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ABP TAG Meetings Start Again
The Atchafalaya Basin Program (ABP) started the State fiscal year off with a meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The ink is barely dry on the 2010 budget and the implementation of the annual plan projects won’t actually begin until the State Bond Commission transfers the funds to the Department, hopefully starting around the…