Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Celebrates 30 Years!
January 23, 2022
The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, founded in 1992, is the only U.S. marine sanctuary site located in the Gulf of Mexico, situated 80 to 125 miles off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana....
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Buffalo Bayou Flooding
January 23, 2022
By Tom DouglasOn January 18, the Katy Prairie Conservancy convened an Environmental Roundtable to receive input on the Buffalo Bayou Community Plan that it is developing in cooperation with the non-profit Houston Stronger to address flooding...
Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Living Roofs for Living Cities
January 20, 2022
On February 10th, Bruce Dvorak, a professor at Texas A&M University College of Architecture, will be discussing living roofs for living cities....
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The Amazing Caracara
January 20, 2022
By Cheryl ConleyThis is a bird I’ve never had the good fortune to see even though their range is limited to Texas, Arizona and Florida....
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More Columbia Bottomlands Saved With Almost 5,000 Acres Acquired for San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
January 20, 2022
The Sierra Club heard great news recently! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has acquired 4,628 acres of Columbia Bottomlands Forest to add to the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge....
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Bayou Banner January 2022
January 7, 2022
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for January 2022. Click the title to see the news this month.
Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Armand Bayou Nature Center
December 27, 2021
On January 19, a speaker from Armand Bayou Nature Center (ABNC) will present on current activities and projects at the ABNC....
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ONLINE Houston Monthly Meeting: Memorial Park Land Bridge and Prairie Project
December 27, 2021
On January 13, Desiree Alejandro of the Memorial Park Conservancy will discuss and provide updates on current projects in Memorial Park....
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Houston Climate Week 2021: Event Video Recordings Online
December 23, 2021
From November 15 - 19, 2021, the Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Sustainability hosted the second annual virtual Houston Climate Week....
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METRO University Line Virtual Open House and Other Updates
December 23, 2021
Houston METRO now has planning under way for two of its Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects. METRO calls its BRT projects METRORapid and that is how the projects are labeled at their website....
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