The Sierra Club met with Rob Potts, Theresa Mathis, and Kara Davis of the U.S. Forest Service (FS) on July 25, 2017 in Lufkin, Texas to discuss the comments that the Sierra Club submitted in April 2017 about the National Forests and Grasslands in...

The U.S. Forest Service (FS) will hold two meetings, September 12th and 14th, regarding a “Wild and Scenic River Eligibility Study” and a “Wilderness Inventory” that have been prepared for the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) Forest...

By Brandt MannchenWhat is an outings leader to do?  In these days of climate change, with hotter summers, it is not easy to find places to have a bearable outing.That was the question I was weighing.  Then I heard that the...

Did you start an environmental club?Do you organize a recycling effort at your school, in your neighborhood, or in the broader community?Are you involved in habitat restoration, urban gardening, or environmental design?Do you make your...

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for August 2017. Click the title to see the news this month.

On 5/25/2017 Gary Stephenson of the Houston Sierra Executive Committee was pleased to join the NASA Sustainability Working Group for a tour of the 609 Main property in downtown Houston, recently submitted for LEED Platinum Certification.609 Main is...

Shannon received the Lone Star Chapter Environmental Reporting Award at the recent Annual Chapter Awards Celebration in Austin on Saturday, July 22.  The award was given to reporters for their work on continued coverage on an environmental...

Join us for a special 125th Anniversary celebration to benefit the Sierra Club’s Houston Group and Lone Star Chapter. Gather with like-minded folks; enjoy good company, great appetizers and desserts. See displays of local conservation efforts and...

We were at the U.S. Forest Service's (FS) District Ranger Office parking lot, in Sam Houston National Forest, controlled chaos as usual.  The people who had signed in were raring to go and those who had not signed in, and had met us in the...

Welcome, tell us a little about yourselfMy name is Dana Schmidt. I’m a recent Cornell graduate moving to Houston from Upstate New York in hopes of expanding my understanding of environmental policy. Although I am accustomed to the lush...