Designing the Bayous: The Control of Water in the Atchafalaya Basin, 1800-1995

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Abbreviations ABAMG Atchafalaya Basin Agency Management Group ARCE Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers ASA/CW Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works BERH Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors BOR Bureau of Outdoor Recreation BSFW Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife CCC Civilian Conservation Corps CEQ Council on Environmental Quality cfs Cubic Feet per Second DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement DOTD Department ofTransportation and Development EIS Environmental Impact Statement EMSL Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory EPA Environmental Protection Agency FWS Fish and Wildlife Service GDM General Design Memorandum LAROLA Land and Royalty Owners of Louisiana Association LMVD Lower Mississippi Valley Division MR&T Mississippi River and Tributaries MRC Mississippi River Commission msl Mean Sea Level NARA National Archives and Records Administration NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NIRA National Industrial Recovery Act NOD New Orleans District NWF National Wildlife Federation OASA/CW Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works OCE Office of the Chief of Engineers OH HQUSACE Office of History,Headquarters,U.S.Army Corps of Engineers REDM Real Estate Design Memorandum SMIG St. Mary’s Industrial Group STAB Save The Atchafalaya Basin TSP Tentatively Selected Plan WRDA-86 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 Designing the Bayous ~ o ~. 30 o 10 20 SCALE OF MILES MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD CONTROL PLAN BELOW OLD RIVER 10 t LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER ___ M!S_S_"_ LA. Raccourci - Old River Area WEST ATCHAFALAYA FLOOOWAY ~\\EJ(.~ 250,000 CFS Melville ~!'{ - \1 ATCHAFALAYA BASIN FLOODWAY tp 1,500,000 CFS HAII/BURG-SIII/II/ESPORT FUSE PLUG LEVEE Simmesport :i (l) ;1;' fr Ii!' ~ '" ~ 5 "., o o ~ -e:! l3 ...