General Meeting: The I-45 Project and the Future of Houston
February 25, 2020
CANCELLED. On March 12, Molly Cook, of the "Stop TxDOT I-45" group, will talk about what is happening, and why Houstonians should oppose the project....
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Neighborhood Witness
February 25, 2020
Get alerts to help report air pollution violations in our area!
In 2016, a coalition of like-minded organizations established www.neighborhoodwitness.org to make it easier for Texans living near a petrochemical plant to monitor and report...
Bay Area Meeting: A Trip to Antarctica
February 25, 2020
On March 18, Marion and Harry Hulen will share photos and lore learned from their trip to Antarctica in 2019....
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A Warm, Winter Day of Service on the Katy Prairie
February 20, 2020
By Brandt Mannchen
I was early on my drive to the Katy Prairie Conservancy’s (KPC) Indiangrass Prairie at their field office in Grimes County. I stopped at KPC’s observation platform at Warren Lake on the 6,000-acre Warren Ranch....
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Baby Squirrel Season
February 20, 2020
What you need to know
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife Center
And so it begins. Baby season 2020 and it all begins with baby squirrels. There are a number of reasons why baby squirrels get separated from mom....
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Bayou Banner February 2020
February 9, 2020
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for February 2020. Click the title to see the news this month.
The Water Column
January 30, 2020
By Ken Kramer
After an extended holiday hiatus, The Water Column returns to highlight a wave of water issues engulfing Texas and the Houston-Galveston region at the beginning of a new decade....
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Bay Area Meeting: Popcorn Night at the Movies
January 28, 2020
On February 19, we will have Popcorn Night at the Movies, with selected movies and discussion, plus Peter Bowman discussing six environmental books that were Steve Allen’s....
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Longleaf Pine Trees Find a Home in the Big Thicket National Preserve
January 25, 2020
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 “...
Can the I-45 Project be Improved?
January 23, 2020
Due to a wide array of public concerns about the impacts of the I-45 expansion/realignment project on existing neighborhoods and bayou park lands, Houston's City Planning Dept. scheduled three public meetings to take comments....
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