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 Date   2007 News Releases

May 30          Alligators and Oxbows, nature hikes
May 14          Largemouth bass coming to Bonnet Carré
May 9           Step Outside: outdoor activities day May 12

Mar 28          Bonnet Carré to help raise hurricane levees
Feb 16          Atchafalaya warning: High-water 2007 is here

 Date   2006 News Releases

Aug 22          Corps OKs lower water on Henderson Lake
May 18         Dredge Wheeler open to free public tours at Woldenberg Park May 19 and 20
May 4           Step Outside: outdoor activities day May 13
Mar 11          A Nature Walk to Hear Wild Turkeys Talk
Mar 17          Learn to be a volunteer in the Atchafalaya Basin

 Date   2005 News Releases

Nov 4           Spillway ATV area closed Veterans Day weekend
April 28         Step Outside:outdoor activities day May 14
Mar 24          Open house at Bonnet Carré set Sunday, April 3

 Date   2004 News Releases

May 6          Step Outside recreation day planned
Mar 26         Regular activity helps prevent childhood obesity
April 8          Henderson Lake area getting seismic survey

 Date   2003 News Releases

Oct 2           Corps plans 'Experience Atchafalaya Days' events
Sept 15        Volunteers invited to help clean up public lands
April 9          Mississippi River Commission schedules Louisiana leg of high-water inspection
Feb 21         Volunteers invited to Trailbuilding School at Bonnet Carré

 Date   2002 News Releases

Nov 19         Corps to Increase Day Use Fees in 2003
Sept 24        High Water closes Bonnet Carre' Spillway to ATVs and 4-wheel drive trucks
Aug 1           Bonnet Carré opens second ATV area
July 3           Corps recognizes trailblazers in ceremony
May 24         Bonnet Carre Spillway closed to ATVs for Memorial Day weekend
April 26         ATV area re-opened in the Bonnet Carre Spillway
April 8           Bonnet Carre Spillway closed to ATVs
Jan 18          Crawfishing alert: Public meetings next week on Atchafalaya acreage purchased by Corps 

 Date   2001 News Releases

Dec 18          Limited hunting to be allowed Dec 20-Jan 31 on newly acquired Atchafalaya acreage
Nov 29          Louisiana wilderness tract purchased for public access
Aug 3            Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System fact sheet 
Aug 3            Corps' Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System project to be recognized Wed. by Sierra Club, DNR

May 7           Corps increases diversion of Mississippi River water into Atchafalaya Basin to aid crawfish industry

 Date   2000 News Releases

Dec 28         Corps implements helmet and no-alcohol requirements at Bonnet Carre Spillway
Sept 7         Corps and Trailblazers develop ATV areas at Bonnet Carre Spillway
Aug 8          Corps' Atchafalaya Basin rangers adopt Brownie Girls Scout Troop
Jun 13         Corps seeks public input on Atchafalaya Basin Master Plan
May 25        Media briefing Saturday at Bonnet Carre
May 17        Corps warns of navigation hazards in Old River Control inflow channels

 Date  1998 News Releases

Dec 4           Corps begins Old River enforcement
Jan 6            Meeting on Old River Fishing Restriction

 Date   1997 News Releases

Nov 7          Corps to save Bayou Jean Louis Cemetary
Nov 6          Atchafalaya Swamp Donated as Natural Area
 

              Updated   June 04, 2007