As I turned onto Forest Road 217, I began to see them on the grassy shoulder. Small groups of Rose Vervain dotted the roadside... (Read more)

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

This annual event has various clean up sites all over the Houston region - 15 sites for 2018. Pick your favorite stream, bayou or shoreline. You can locate the specific sites... (Read more)

You can help document the wildlife species in our urban area - here's how: Join Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas Master Naturalists, and many others in a fun challenge to see which city can document the most species... (Read more)

Don't forget to vote on Tuesday, March 6, if you haven't early voted. Primary elections can be very important. The outcome of many elections is actually decided at the primary stage. ... (Read more)

I grew up in a small suburb of Little Rock, Arkansas where I enjoyed exploring park trails and catching minnows from the lake. But even though I was landlocked, I fell in love with the ocean at an early age and wanted to become a marine biologist...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is engaged in an assault on our National Park, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wilderness heritage. Only you can stop him!... (Read more)

On March 5, 2018, there will be an open house public meeting to learn about and comment on the revised Galveston Bay Plan (GBP). This is your chance to provide input for the revised GBP, which lays out what will be done to protect and improve water...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), in a November 20, 2017 Planning Aid Letter (PAL) to the Galveston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), provided recommendations for the “ecosystem restoration” part of the massive mega-study...

On February 10, 2018, the Houston Sierra Club participated in a service outing at the Katy Prairie Conservancy’s (KPC) Indian Grass Prairie and Field Office in eastern Waller County... (Read more)