Atchafalaya Basin Program

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program was created to conserve, restore, and enhance the natural habitat of the basin. The Atchafalaya Basin is the nation’s largest river swamp, containing almost one million acres of our nation’s most significant bottomland hardwoods, swamps, bayous, and back-water lakes.

In 1986, Congress authorized $250 million dollars to preserve and enhance the Basin through Corps of Engineers by expanding public access, environmental easements, water-management, and recreation. In 1999, the Louisiana Legislature voted unanimously for the State Master Plan of the Atchafalaya Basin (Act 920), authorizing $85 million to be spent over a 15 year period, in order to match the federal dollars.

A full-color map of the basin is available for purchase through the Louisiana Geological Survey or by calling the DNR Atchafalaya Basin Program at 225-342-6437. One side of the map contains satellite image while the other side features a road map with boat landings, levees, rivers and streams identified.

Contact:
Louisiana Geological Survey
www.lgs.lsu.edu
225-578-8590

Maps are $9 (folded) and $12 (tube container) add-on shipping and tax

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