Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for November 2024. Click the title to see the news this month.

In recent months the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has released important statements and webinar recordings to publicize the extent and dangers of PFAS contamination in the environment and food chains.

CANCELLED - The Texas Climate Jobs Project and labor unions are working together to help lead on climate change. Their plans work to address the climate crisis and create jobs that benefit workers and their communities. The goal is to build a better...

By Brandt Mannchen - Being a Houston Sierra Club outings leader is a rewarding and joyful experience. In part, that’s because of the wonderful people you meet when you visit a local, regional, state, or national park or other protected area on a...

On October 12, people from all across the country celebrated our system of National Wildlife Refuges by attending an event called “Walk for the Wild.” Many participated by taking a 5K hike, but we decided to do our outing in boats at the Trinity...

Peg Hill will be the program speaker on November 20. Peg will cover information from NOAA fisheries and from two recent National Geographic trips that she has taken to the Northwest and Canada along the Columbia, Salmon and Snake Rivers and into...

On October 2, 2024, the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra met with the Texas Conservation Alliance and U.S. Forest Service, Angelina/Sabine National Forests, in-the-field, to discuss the proposed Brookeland Thinning Project .

In October 2024, the Houston Regional Group and Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club visited and hiked Compartment 68, Sam Houston National Forest, to collect information to provide to the U.S. Forest Service about the proposed Compartments 52, 54...

By Brandt Mannchen - Drusha Mayhue, a longtime Sierra Club member and a Houston Sierra Club (HSC) leader in the 1990’s, died recently.

Sharron Stewart of Lake Jackson, Texas, died on July 17th. Sharron was a friend of the Sierra Club and the environment and a protector of our coast for over 50 years.