Atchafalaya

[uh-chaf-uh-lahy-uh]

noun

1. a river in S central Louisiana, flowing S to an inlet Atchafalaya Bay on the Gulf of Mexico; a heavily engineered distributary of the Mississippi. 225 miles (362 km).

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The reason: Less rainfall in the Midwest is expected to again keep the flow of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers’ freshwater below normal levels well into the summer, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.

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Administration officials joined their state counterparts in the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge recently to tout the efforts.

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A state trooper pulled Davis over June 28 on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge along Interstate 10 west of Baton Rouge.

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When it rains, excess nutrients — mostly nitrogen and phosphorus from Midwest farm and livestock operations — wash into the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers.

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Morgan City’s visitor center might serve as such a spot for the Atchafalaya Basin, as could the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve for the Barataria Basin, he said.

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