The Houston Group and Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club visited Compartments 110 and 111 on the east side of Sam Houston National Forest. This is part of our Forest Watch activities that the Sierra Club conducts periodically.... (Read more)

Droughts (lack of rainfall) are a “natural disturbance” and when paired with hot temperatures can create the conditions for fires that kill or wound many trees.... (Read more)

By Brandt Mannchen Chambers County is our neighbor and it is just southeast of Harris County and east of Baytown. When I think of Chambers County I think of coastal prairie, Smith Point, Galveston Bay, oyster reefs, Anahuac National...

The Houston Sierra Club (HSC) has a relationship of respect with the U.S. Forest Service (FS) for management of Sam Houston National Forest (SHNF). On March 13, 2020, a representative of the HSC visited Compartment 117 (C 117, 1,015 acres) on the...

By Brandt Mannchen Early on Monday morning, January 20, 2020, Martin Luther King Junior’s national holiday, a group of Houston Sierra Club volunteers drove to Big Thicket National Preserve, Big Sandy Creek Unit, to honor this civil rights “...

We are fortunate that East Texas has conditions that allow for the growth of many kinds of forests. Many of these conditions are created by the geology of the area and the diverse array of soils that have been formed by that geology.

Restoration is a term used frequently in forest management and forest protection or preservation. What does it mean to the Houston Sierra Club (HSC)? This article provides information about what ecological restoration should mean for forests...

On October 24, 2019, the Houston Sierra Club Executive Committee (ExCom) voted unanimously to donate $1,000 for the Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT) East Fork of the San Jacinto River Bridge and Parking Lot/Trailhead Rehabilitation Projects.... (Read...

Due to website problems, the U.S. Forest Service (FS) has extended the public scoping comment period to November 29, 2019. Submit your comments and “Speak Up” now to “Cool Down” our “Over Heated” climate! ... (Read more)

In October 2019, the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club (Sierra Club) submitted comments about three U.S. Forest Service (FS) proposals in the Angelina and Sabine National Forests.... (Read more)