Recently, two people who were very important to the Sierra Club in Texas died. ... (Read more)

President Donald Trump has pushed forward to reduce the time it takes to conduct environmental reviews with the aim to “fast-track” their completion. This new mechanism to “stream-line” and “hurry-up” crucial environmental analysis is called FAST...

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for August 2018. Click the title to see the news this month.

Since its founding in the late 1960’s, the Houston Sierra Club (Sierra Club) and its more than 5,000 members have been interested in and advocated for flood management that not only “Keeps people out of harm’s way” but also “Works with and not...

Back in 2007, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission took the important and necessary step to prohibit the commercial collection of all freshwater turtles in Texas EXCEPT for four species. Unfortunately, the red-eared slider... (Read more)

This is a basic primer on U.S. Forest Service (FS) timber management on the federal National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT), the Sabine, Angelina, Davy Crockett and Sam Houston National Forests.... (Read more)

On the U.S. Forest Service (FS) website (www.fs.usda.gov/main/texas/home), National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT), there is a January 2017 pamphlet entitled, “NFGT Fingertip Facts”. This is a great document to read and learn about federal...

Recently, the U.S. Forest Service (FS) had a 30-day public comment period for the proposed Montgomery County Wildlife Habitat Improvement Project (MCWHIP) for Sam Houston National Forest (SHNF). This project would ... (Read more)

Houston METRO, our local transit agency, is currently working on a new draft plan to determine future projects. Compared to other major urban areas, Houston has inadequate public transit infrastructure, and a huge limiting factor on future transit...

Southern Pine Beetles (SPBs) are predators of pine trees (Longleaf, Loblolly, and Shortleaf) in East Texas. In the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) and on private lands, landowners often control SPBs after they have attacked pine...