The City of Houston is creating a plan to reduce its emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. You can help. Join us on August 18th to share your concerns, your vision, and your solutions for creating a world that supports all of us....

Sometimes there are days during a Houston summer when it is just too hot to get outside and explore. This can be a good time to catch up on reading, or nature study online. Fortunately we are getting more nature blogs in the area that document and...

On July 21st, a blazing hot, sticky day to be outside, high school students from throughout the Woodlands area came together at Rob Fleming Park to raise awareness for climate change. Several young and motivated speakers, including Gabrielle Dufrene...

Each year in the Houston metro area, hundreds of thousands of mattresses are dumped to create millions of cubic feet of landfill, enough to fill two (2) Reliant Stadiums, every year! But 90% of these mattresses can be recycled. In response to this...

A PLASTIC OCEAN begins when journalist Craig Leeson, searching for the elusive blue whale, discovers plastic waste in what should be pristine ocean. In this adventure documentary, Craig teams up with free diver Tanya Streeter and an international...

Living just a few miles north of Houston, it’s not uncommon for me to hear coyotes howling at night. I get a little nervous when I hear them because they have been known to attack domestic animals. I saw on the news a few weeks ago where a coyote...

The U.S. Forest Service (FS) has halted all work on the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) Forest Plan revision. The revision process, which takes 3 to 4 years, will “pause” for an unknown time period. It is thought that the “halt”...

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

The National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT), as managed by the U.S. Forest Service (FS), consist of four national forests, Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, Angelina, and Sabine, and two national grasslands (NGs), Caddo and Lyndon Baines Johnson...

In late June the Texas Supreme Court struck down Laredo's single use plastic bag ban, deciding that it violates state law. This ruling effectively makes all local plastic bag ban ordinances in Texas unenforceable. Supporters of... (Read more)