From 1950 to 2005 the amount of open water decreased to 73 square miles (190km2). However, searching Google Maps for Indian Bayou WMA will get you to the small parking area located ~460 ft. from the kiosk site. Spoil material from the canals was deposited adjacent to the canals, further impeding the natural flow across the floodplain. This skiff floated deep and straight like a water trough or a coffin.
Deer struggle to find ground, levees trap alligators, and feral hogs drown. The earliest settlers of the Bayou Chene region were the native Chitimacha tribe. Waterfowl and rabbit hunting and fur trapping are also permitted.
Get outside and play at one of the many recreation parks in the Atchafalaya NHA! } It can do a better job of predicting flow. Over millennia, the Mississippi has made natural shifts, wandering hundreds of miles in grand arcs with ancient channels stretching into Texas. Art museums, sculptures, performance venues and more expressions of art. All Rights Reserved. The location, topography, and nearby roads & trails around Atchafalaya Basin Floodway (Flat) can be seen in the map layers above. -->, , ,