Bayou Banner April-May 2016
April 7, 2016
Welcome to the new Bayou Banner Newsletter.
We are upgrading our Bayou Banner newsletter to email and web format.
New Newsletter Format, Same Great Content
April 7, 2016
Welcome to the new Bayou Banner Newsletter.
We are upgrading our Bayou Banner newsletter to email and web format
It's the Wetlands, Stupid!
April 3, 2016
As we approached the I-45 bridge that crosses Galveston Bay and leads to Galveston Island I turned to Nancy and said, “See the Brown Pelicans flying back and forth across the bridge? It's like a “Pelican Highway” every day as they fly from morning...
Trans-Pacific Partnership - Update
April 1, 2016
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is one of the so called “Free Trade Agreements”, but the TPP is a "trade deal" that mostly does not deal with trade. In fact, of the 29 chapters in this document, only five...
Give 5% to Conserve Houston Campaign
March 28, 2016
Houston Sierra Club is joining several other local environmental organizations for the 2016 Houston Give 5% fundraising event. In this program area businesses sign up and pledge to donate 5% of...
2016 Political Committee
March 28, 2016
The Houston Sierra Club’s Political Committee is now organizing for the 2016 elections. The committee will assess local State House races and provide recommendations to the Lone Star Chapter’s Political Committee....
Peach Creek Woods Creates Perfect Tree ID Day
March 27, 2016
Our three car caravan drove through Houston, up U.S. 59, past Kingwood, the habitat destroying Grand Parkway, New Caney, and Shepherd. We exited Fostoria Road, turned under U.S. 59, headed north, turned west on Morgan-Cemetery Road...
Palmer Bayou Boardwalk Celebrated!
March 19, 2016
On March 17, 2016, 200 people celebrated the opening of the Palmer Bayou Boardwalk on the Knobbly Knees Trail in the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) in Liberty, Texas...
Halcyon Weather Brings East Side of Sam Houston National Forest into Focus
March 17, 2016
The weather was beautiful as we motored away from Houston. Cloudy but with the sun peeking through periodically with a slight wind to keep the 60 degree chill in the air. Then I saw that fateful road sign...
“Centennial Forest” Longleaf Pine Planting a Big Success!
March 15, 2016
On March 12, 2016, the Houston Regional Group of the Sierra Club, Houston Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), Houston Chapter of the Native Prairies Association of Texas, and many other participants helped...