Long-time Sierra Club member and trail maintenance worker Dave Sykes died recently.  Dave was known for his easy manner and the hard work that he put in on the Lone Star Hiking Trail.  The thoughts of the Houston Sierra Club and its...

On the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in the United States the words “Hurricane or Tropical Storm” have bad connotations. On the Upper Texas Coast, names like Carla, Rita, Alicia, Allison, and Ike all bring back memories of surging streams and rivers in ever...

This is an election year like no other. It's time to do something different, and we need your response right away.

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for June 2016. Click the title to see the news this month.

For the past two years I have scheduled a Houston Sierra Club outing for the Great Egret Ridge Trail in the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge (TRNWR). Normally...

This is the first of the monthly web Bayou Banner newsletter, which will be available every month in this format. Click the title to see the full web newsletter.

In February and April, the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Texas Conservation Alliance, Clean Water Action, Dallas Water Utilities, Highland Village, Flower Mound, Denton, Irving, Lewisville, The Colony, other cities and organizations...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has published a “Notice of Intent” to prepare a “Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Study” (Federal Register, March...

Welcome to the new Bayou Banner Newsletter. We are upgrading our Bayou Banner newsletter to email and web format.

Welcome to the new Bayou Banner Newsletter. We are upgrading our Bayou Banner newsletter to email and web format