Saturday, March 11, 2023, the Houston Sierra Club visited Brazos Bend State Park (BBSP) for the first time in four years.

By Brandt Mannchen - I never cease to be amazed by the wonderful people I meet at Sierra Club outings. Take for instance, the recent service outing at the Coastal Prairie Conservancy’s (CPC) Indiangrass Prairie Preserve.

By Brandt Mannchen - First, I visited Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge. This was the first time I had enjoyed the bottomland hardwoods and cypress swamps of the Trinity River in over four years.

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for March 2023. Click the title to see the news this month.

On January 18 of this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Army published what is intended to be the final rule redefining “waters of the United States,” also known as “WOTUS.”

SPLASh, Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research, Surfside TX, and the Galveston Bay Area Chapter - Texas Master Naturalists will host NESTFEST! This cleanup event will remove marine debris from coastal habitats.

This meeting, March 9, 7:30 pm, will be conducted using Zoom. Everyone is welcome. Click the title to get updated program and Zoom registration instructions.

On March 15 Frank Blake will discuss how the world is attempting to address the proliferation of plastics production and the resulting problems of plastic pollution, effective plastics recycling, and microplastics.

Trash Bash® 2023 Returns to On-Site Cleanups! The River, Lakes, Bays 'N Bayous Trash Bash® is excited to welcome back volunteers to the 29th annual cleanup of our Galveston Bay watershed on Saturday March 25, 2023!

On February 15, Jeff Glattly, with Wild Birds Unlimited of Pearland, TX presented wonderful information about feeding wild birds in your backyard, and saving the song birds.