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Current Newsletter:
November 2024 - Houston Monthly Meeting: The Texas Climate Jobs Project: pro-climate, pro-worker, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Salmon & Steelhead Research in Pacific Northwest, Sierra Club Meets In-Person at Last, PFAS Contamination, Biosolids, and Resulting Environmental & Health Impacts, Sierra Club Provides Feedback to U.S. Forest Service About Proposed Mulching Project in SHNF, Sierra Club Meets In-the-Field In Sabine National Forest With U.S. Forest About the Proposed Brookeland Thinning Project, Outings and Conservation Lover Gone to the Horizon Above, Help Wanted, “Paddle for the Wild” at the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, Enjoying Sheldon Lake State Park on a Beautiful Fall Day
Past Newsletters:
October 2024 - Houston In-Person Meeting Oct 10: Rescuing Nature’s Treasures: the Wildlife Center of Texas Rehabilitation Program, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting Oct. 16 (see Meetup), How to Vote in Texas, Houston Sierra Club wants ExCom Candidate Nominations, How to BEST Recycle Your Recyclable Plastics, Sharks Are Important in Texas Waters, Sierra Club Pushes Forest Service to Protect Lone Star Hiking Trail and Other Hiking Trails in the NFGT, Forest Service Approves Hurricane Beryl Salvage Logging on the East Side of Sam Houston National Forest, Help Wanted, Touring the Columbia Bottomlands by Water
September 2024 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Improving Surface Water Quality in Texas, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting Sept 18: Updates on Flood Mitigation & Carbon Sequestration, How to Vote in Texas, Texas Adopt-A-Beach 2024 Coastwide Fall Cleanup, National Drive Electric Week: In-person & On-line Events, Sept. 27 - Oct. 6, Houston Sierra Club wants ExCom Candidate Nominations, Mark Your Calendars for an In-Person October 10 Meeting, Sierra Club Provides Comments to Corps About Addicks and Barker Reservoirs Master Plan, Beryl - Trees Down – Where do They Go?, Sierra Club Visits Compartment 54 in Sam Houston National Forest, Help Wanted
August 2024 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Recent Webinars on Need for Highway Wildlife Crossings, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting August 21: Go Texan! Native Plants in Your Landscape, CENTERPOINTLE$$ ?, Sierra Club Requests Forest Service Protect Lone Star Hiking Trail, Household Hazardous Waste, Proper Disposal & Drop Off Sites, Nature’s Burial at the Katy Prairie, The Butler Unit: Where it All Began for Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, Help Wanted, Hot Hudson Woods Followed by Cool Sea Center, It’s Hot, But It’s Anahuac!
June-July 2024 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting June 13: Zero Waste Houston, Single-Stream Composting and Zero Waste Solutions, Online Houston Monthly Meeting July 11: Houston Monthly Meeting: Recent Webinars on Plastic/Microplastic Pollution, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting June 19: Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Go Texan! Native Plants in Your Landscape, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting July 17: See Meetup, Parts of Sam Houston National Forest are Closed Due to Rain, Floods, and Wind Damage, The Importance of Houston's Future Tree Canopy, All Living Things Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, The Highs and the Lows, Upland Island Wilderness Area, Help Wanted
May 2024 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting May 9: The Journey to Secure a Better Future for Texas Mountain Lions, Bay Area Zoom Meeting May 15: Staying Healthy in a Polluted World, Sierra Club Celebrates Earth Day at Discovery Green, Big Thicket National Preserve Celebrates 50th Anniversary in 2024, Sierra Club and the Establishment of Big Thicket National Preserve, Sierra Club and U.S. Forest Service Visit Little Lake Creek Wilderness Area, Help Wanted, Birds, Wildflowers, and Butterflies, What a Day at Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge!, Trash Bash at Armand Bayou – March 23, 2024
April 2024 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting April 11: Important Land Conservation in Our Growing Region, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting April 17: About Texas Snakes, Earth Day at Discovery Green, Big Slough Wilderness Area: A River Wild Creation, History of the Sierra Club and East Texas Wilderness Designation Part 2, The Top Dog, Help Wanted, The Wind Blows and the Sierra Club Goes, San Marcos River Cleanup
March 2024 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting March 14: Lawn Care Goes Electric: Why it's time to switch to a new generation of clean, quiet electric lawn equipment, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting March 20, Trash Bash® 2024 On-Site Cleanups!, Your Response Needed About TXDOT Road Widening in Sam Houston National Forest, Little Lake Creek Wilderness Area in Sam Houston National Forest, History of the Sierra Club and East Texas Wilderness Areas Management - Part 1, Let’s Talk Bugs, Sierra Club and TCA Meet U.S. Forest Service and Improve the Proposed Geneva Thinning Project, Help Wanted
February 2024 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting Feb 8: Updates from THEA on Houston Area Superfund Sites, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting Feb 21: See Meetup, Kemp's Ridley sea turtle needs your help!, The 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act and Texas Wilderness Areas, Updating Houston and Harris County's MS4 Stormwater Permit Regulations, Pollinator Conservation: The Bumblebee, 2024 Marks 40th Anniversary of the Texas Wilderness Act, Winter Feeding by Cheryl Conley, Help Wanted, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Doesn’t Disappoint!
December 2023-January 2024 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting Dec 14: The Gateway Bug, and The Insects that Sustain Prairie Ecosystems, Online Houston Monthly Meeting Jan 11: The Greener Gulfton Story, Bay Area Sierra Club Zoom Holiday Party, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting Jan: see Meetup, Recycle Holiday Lights & Electronics at the Houston Zoo!, Houston’s New Building Codes Are a Win For The Climate, TCEQ Public Meeting on Martin Marietta Concrete Crushing Facility, Road Widening Proposed for Sam Houston National Forest, A Summary of the Columbia Bottomlands - What is it?, Help Wanted, Turkey Hill Wilderness Area and East Texas Plant Symposium Heal Body and Mind
November 2023 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Establishing a Citywide Reusable Foodware System, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Exploration Green: Its Story, Status, and Next Steps, National Recycling Day, November 15, How to Vote in Texas, November 7, 2023, Road Threatens Sam Houston National Forest Near Huntsville, Help Wanted, “Paddle for the Wild” at Pickett’s Bayou, Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, (TRNWR): The Keeper of Floodplain Trees, Rainy Day Scouting Trip at Champion Lake
October 2023 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Coastal Prairie at the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, Houston Sierra Club Wants ExCom Candidate Nominations, Hike/Bike Trail to Connect Memorial Park and Buffalo Bayou Park, Houston 2023 Ballot: Fair For Houston, Proposition B, How to Vote in Texas, November 7, 2023, Climate Change, Carbon Storage, and Mature/Old Growth Forests and Trees, Help Wanted
September 2023 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory's Story, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Insect Conservation with Matthew Strausser, Houston Sierra Club Wants ExCom Candidate Nominations, How to Enjoy the Outdoors in the Heat Safely, Wildfires Burn in Indian Mounds and Upland Island Wilderness Areas, Urban Heat Island Strategies and Projects, November 7 Ballot: Proposition 14, Centennial Parks Conservation Fund, How to Vote in Texas, November 7, 2023, Sierra Club and TCA Talk With Forest Supervisor, Help Wanted
July/August 2023 - Online July Houston Monthly Meeting: Conserving Land and Restoring Prairies in Houston Parks, August Program: Protecting our drinking water from PFAS pollution, Bay Area Sierra Club Programs July and August, Household Hazardous Waste, Proper Disposal & Drop Off Sites, Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Threats at Memorial Park, Forest Ecology, Sierra Club Comments on Proposed Harmon Creek Project, Help Wanted
June 2023 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Harris County's Sustainability Efforts & Climate Action Plan, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Spring/Summer Gardening without Toxic Pesticides, New SUN Solar Co-op in Richmond TX Area, Info Sessions on June 20 & 26, Visit the Gardens at Discovery Green, Houston's New "All Plastics" Collections, and Related Environmental Concerns, Videos from the Earth Day HTX 2023 Speaker Panels, Help Wanted
May 2023 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Program to be announced, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Update on the En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator, and local native plant garden updates, New SUN Solar Co-op Forming in the Richmond TX Area, The 2023 Buffalo Bayou Regatta, Sierra Club Visits Little Lake Creek Area About Future Forest Service Project, Houston's Nature Preserve Ordinance, Free to Pursue the Outdoors in Dow Woods, Help Wanted, Breezy May Outing Brings Blooming Wildflowers at Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
April 2023 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Brazos Bend State Park & Centennial Expo May 6, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Low-cost, Sustainable Housing Design and Construction, City of Houston Celebrates Earth Day 2023: Speaker Series April 17-18, Festival at City Hall April 19, Earth Day at Discovery Green, Saturday April 22, Toxic Tour in Houston’s Manchester Neighborhood, Help Wanted, Back in Brazos Bend State Park, Sounds of the Katy Prairie, Homecoming to Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, Loblolly Unit, and Marysee Prairie
March 2023 - Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: How Will the World Deal with Plastics?
Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Program to be announced, River, Lakes, Bays and Bayous Trash Bash: March 25, NestFest: A Coastal Clean-up for Nesting Birds and Sea Turtles, Juvenile Brown Pelicans Going Wild!, The Joy of Backyard Bird Feeding, The Latest WOTUS Rule, Explained, Help Wanted
February 2023 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: The Houston Botanic Garden, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: The Joy of Backyard Bird Feeding, The Houston Recycling Collaboration and "All Plastics" Collection, Houston Group Buying Rooftop Solar 2023 - Sign Up Deadline is February 21!, Help Restore Styrofoam Recycling, E-bike use on trails? Sierra Club Club establishes a new policy, Help Wanted, You Never Know What You’ll Find, Little Bluestem Grass Planted in the Big Thicket
January 2023 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: How to Protect our 5 Most Critical Wetland Areas, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: see Meetup, Recycle Holiday Lights & Electronics at the Houston Zoo!, New Houston Group Buying Program Makes Rooftop Solar Affordable, The Wacky World of Wildlife, Sierra Club and TCA Meet with Forest Supervisor, Help Wanted, December Mosquitoes and Heat Can’t Keep the Sierra Club From Having Fun, Paddling Lake Charlotte, the Forest, and the Bayou
December 2022 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: (see Meetup), Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Zoom Holiday Party, Go to Meetup for Current Information, Fall for Native Plants!, Houston ISD to Purchase Electric School Buses, Sierra Club Recommends Changes for Big Creek Scenic Area Trails, Help Wanted, Fall Chill Brings Great Big Creek Scenic Area Hike
November 2022 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: (see Meetup), Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: New iOS Features for Naturalists, How to Vote in Texas, November 8, 2022, National Recycling Day, Nov. 15, Household Hazardous Waste, Proper Disposal & Drop Off Sites, Commercial Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Event, November 30, Sierra Club Finds New Forested Wetlands in Sam Houston National Forest, Do you Know About CWD?, Help Wanted
October 2022 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Trees for Houston, How to Vote in Texas, Houston Sierra Club Wants ExCom Candidate Nominations, Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Oct. 29 & Year-round Local Drop Offs, Go Native (Plants)!, Update on Mulching Project in Sam Houston National Forest, An Extraordinary Exhibit Celebrates Texas’ Natural Springs, Help Wanted, Happy Birding at Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, Sierra Club Visits Site of “Hopson Fire” in Upland Island Wilderness Area
September 2022 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Trees for Houston, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Doug Tallamy, Sustaining Life with Native Plants, Moonshot, a Houston Composting Service, Houston Sierra Club Wants ExCom Candidate Nominations , How to Vote in Texas, November 8, 2022, CEC Candidate Forum for Harris County Commissioner Races, October 2, A New Radio Series Explores Flooding in Houston, National Drive Electric Week and Electric Bus News, Are You a Bird Brain?, Help Wanted, It’s Nice to Come Home, Anahuac Brings Relief to Heat and End of Summer Rain
August 2022 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting, Bay Area Sierra Club: Why Greenspace is Important to all of us, E-Waste Recycling Options in the Houston Region 2022, Properly Disposing of E-waste, The e-Stewards Initiative, METRORapid Project Updates: University and Inner Katy Corridors, Flooding Tunnel Studies – Public Comments are Requested, Sierra Club Weighs in on Proposed Nebletts Creek Project, An Oldie but a Goodie, Tom Ivy Sails on That Big River in the Sky, Help Wanted
July 2022 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Update on Sea Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico, Bay Area Sierra Club: Gardening with Native Plants, Buy Recycled! to Support Recycling, Recycle Right! and Plastic Bag/film Recycling, HCFCD: Large Diameter Stormwater Tunnel Studies, Sierra Club Collaborates With the U.S. Forest Service and Others on Big Creek Scenic Area Trails, If Truth *Bee* Told, Help Wanted, Spider Webs, Live Oaks, and Heat in Hudson Woods, Cypress Wonderland Canoe/Kayak Outing – June 5, 2022
June 2022 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: The Secret Lives of Oystercatchers, Bay Area Sierra Club: Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica, World Ocean Day June Events; A Global Plastic Pollution Treaty?, Summer Wildflower Tour - Sam Houston National Forest, Masked Bandits in your Attic, Help Wanted , Turtle Bayou Canoe/Kayak Outing – Sunday, April 24, Love Bugs, Crab Spiders, and Wildflowers Overwhelm on Sierra Club Prairie Outing
May 2022 - Vote Early! Vote Often!, Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Restoration at Sheldon Lake State Park & Habitat Conservation on the Bayou Greenways, Bay Area Sierra Club: Insects, Native Plants, and Pollinator Gardens, Buffalo Bayou Flooding – Tunnels, Litigation, and Finance, What to do if You Find a Baby Bird, Sierra Club Meets With Sabine River Authority About Proposed Recreation Area and Forest Land Swap, Water Works Festival at the Houston Botanic Garden Saturday, May 7, Help Wanted, Paddling from Hugo Point to Trinity Bay – To See the Shells, Big Thicket Hike and Tour a Success!!!, Earth Day Houston and the Houston Sierra Club
April 2022 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Lights Out for Birds! , Bay Area Sierra Club: Wednesday, April 20, 7:00 pm, Sam Houston Trails Coalition Completes Lone Star Trail Parking Lot Improvements Project, arth Day at Discovery Green, April 10, Mark Kramer – A Life Well Spent on the Bayou, Buffalo Bayou Flooding – Tunnels, Litigation, and Finance, Going Hog Wild, Help Wanted, 25 Months Later: Sierra Club Breaks the Covid Spell With Lone Star Hiking Trail Outing
March 2022 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Update on Attwater Prairie Chicken Reintroduction, Bay Area Sierra Club: Spring Gardening - Conservation that Starts in Your Yard, Protect Sam Houston National Forest From “Monster Landfill” at Public Meeting, Rivers, Lakes, Bays & Bayous Trash Bash: March 26, Multiple locations, New 2022 SUN Houston Solar Co-op Launches; Info Session March 10, Sierra Club Comments on Beaver Creek Wildlife Improvement and Ecosystem Enhancement Project in Davy Crockett National Forest, The Elusive Feline, Texas Parks and Wildlife: Wildlife Diversity Webinars, Help Wanted, Understanding Sheldon Lake, Longleaf Planted in the Big Thicket
February 2022 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Living Roofs for Living Cities, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Wednesday, February 16, 7:00 pm, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Celebrates 30 Years!, Buffalo Bayou Flooding, More Columbia Bottomlands Saved With Almost 5,000 Acres Acquired for San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, The Amazing Caracara, Help Wanted, Get Outdoors
January 2022 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Memorial Park Land Bridge and Prairie Project, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Armand Bayou Nature Center, Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour, Annual CEC Fundraising Event, Houston Climate Week 2021: Event Video Recordings Online, METRO University Line Virtual Open House and Other Updates, Light it Right!, Teamwork Lessons from Geese, Help Wanted, Longleaf Goes In the Ground Again!, Sunshine on the San Bernard, Forest Visit Brings Interest and Surprises in December
December 2021 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Galveston Bay Report Card 2021 and GBF Updates, Bay Area Sierra Club Zoom Holiday Party, Houston Sierra Club ExCom Candidate Nominations Announced, Recycle Holiday Lights and Electronics at the Houston Zoo, Your Body Your Air, an Exhibit, Biden Administration Moves to Increase Protections Under the Clean Water Act, Land Bridges and Wildlife Crossings: Reconnecting Habitat, Linda Shead Recognized for Her Work in Coastal Conservation, Houston Sierra Club 2022 Calendar Sales, Fact or Fiction - Wildlife, Sierra Club Comments on Tree Mulching Project in Sam Houston National Forest, Help Wanted
November 2021 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Light Right to Bring Back the Night, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Harris County Precinct #2 Parks and Trails, The Artist Boat Coastal Heritage Preserve: How to Help, SUN Report and Tool for Pricing Texas Electricity Plans, Prescription Drug Take Back: Local Drop Off Locations, Composting Drop-Off, City of Houston Pilot Program, Houston Sierra Club 2022 Calendar Sales, Monarchs are on the Move, Forest Service Avoids Climate Change Responsibilities, Again!, Help Wanted, Paddle Ash Lake and Lower Cedar Bayou
October 2021 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: The Port of Houston "PoH TREES" Program, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: The Lubrizol Accident and Chemical Release Issues, Houston Sierra Club Wants ExCom Candidate Nominations, Houston Sierra Club 2022 Calendar Sales, Clean Water Rule, Dirty Water Rule: What’s next for our region’s water?, METRO Updates: Electric buses, Sustainability Plans, BRT Projects, Sierra Club Withdraws Objection After Changes Made by U.S. Forest Service to Burn Plan, Time to Head South, So Long to the “Quiet Ranger”, Help Wanted
September 2021 - No More Unnecessary Harm: We Need Stronger Chemical Safety Rules, Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Galveston Bay Oyster Reef Restoration Efforts, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Pollinator Gardens & Plants; Eco Friendly Yards, Houston Sierra Club Wants ExCom Candidate Nominations, Landfill Threatens Sam Houston National Forest and Local Farm, Your Letters Needed Now!, Galveston Actions on Litter & Wildlife; Upcoming Coastal Cleanups, The Plans to Plant 4.6 Million New Trees in Houston by 2030, Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2: Vote!, Sierra Club Visits Forest Service on Field Trip to Discuss Thinning Project, Wildfires, Climate Change, and Sam Houston National Forest, Help Wanted, Return to the Big Thicket!
August 2021 - Will Texas Ever Fix the Grid?, Online Houston Monthly Meeting: The Houston Zoo, Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: H3AT, Houston's Heat Island Study, Houston Bike Summit 2021: Bike Infrastructure in the Pipeline, Bird Friendly Beach Behavior, The Pretend Rattler, Help Wanted, Prairies in Forest? A Good Mix!, Lone Star Hiking Trail Hike in June Brings Summer and Good Company, Summer in Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
July 2021 - Gov. Abbott and the Texas Lege's Failure to Improve Power Grid Jeopardizes Lives of Texans, Again, Online Houston Monthly Meeting: H3AT, Houston's Heat Island Study, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: SPLASh, Stopping Plastics and Litter Along Shorelines, A Win for Wetlands and Communities Affected by Flooding, Recycling Updates and Litter Prevention, A National Conservation Organization Features Photos of Houston Area Wetlands, Sierra Club Meets Forest Service and Discusses Thinning in Sam Houston National Forest, The Barking Frog, Help Wanted, Champion Lake on Mother's Day, June Wildflowers Are Blooming at Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Summer at Marysee Prairie
June 2021 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: CoHousing Houston, Bay Area Sierra Club Zoom Meeting: Update on Electric Autos, The Artist Boat Coastal Heritage Preserve and 30 x 30: How to Help, Houston METRO Starts Planning Process for new BRT Lines, Houston's Solar Initiative Gets a Boost With SUN Co-Op, How to Submit a Complaint about the I-45 Expansion, Marysee Prairie Burns Brightly on Earth Day, Going Native, Summer Wildflower Tour in Sam Houston National Forest, Help Wanted
May 2021 - Millions Breathe Dirty Air as Climate Change Makes Air Quality Worse, Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Artist Boat's Galveston Coastal Heritage Preserve, Bay Area Sierra Club Zoom Meeting: Sunnyside Energy's Solar Brownfield Project, New SUN Houston Solar Co-op: Info Sessions May 6 and May 19, Explore Nature on Houston Area Paddling Trails, As Parish Burns, Pollution Churns, Houston to Upgrade Sanitary Sewer System, Sierra Club Provides Thinning Assessment to the Forest Service, Sierra Club Expresses Concern About Sam Houston National Forest And Future Roads, Brake for Turtles, Book Review “Conservation Politics” by David Johns
April 2021 - After the Storm , Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Explore Nature Along Houston Area Paddling Trails, Bay Area Sierra Club Zoom Meeting: Jim Blackburn: Virus Vigil, Poetry from the Pandemic, Environment2Action Film Series, SUN Houston Solar Co-Op, Civil Rights Complaints, Lawsuit Put I-45 Highway Expansion on Hold, Avoiding Crash Landings (Birds), Illegal ORV Trails Found in Visit to East Side of Sam Houston National Forest. Help Wanted, It’s All in the Ponds!, The Hidden Gem of Sheldon Lake State Park
March 2021 - Online Houston Monthly Meeting: The Case for a Bike-Friendly Houston, Bay Area Online Monthly Meeting: Election Integrity and the Security of Electronic Voting, Environment 2 Action Films, Houston Sierra Club Meet and Greet March 24, VIrtual Trash Bash! March 25-28, Benzene in the Houston Air, New Tomball Residents, Natural Fire Barriers and Breaks in Southeast Texas Forests, Help Wanted, Get Outdoors, Sam Houston National Forest Visit Brings Surprise
February 2021 - Lone Star Sierra Club Priorities for the 2021 Texas Legislature, Online Houston Monthly Meeting: KPC, The Prairie Solution for Reducing Flooding, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Jim Blackburn: Virus Vigil, Poetry from the Pandemic, In the Shadow of the Highway (I-45), Houston Bicycling Updates: Bike Lane Projects, New Bike Lane Ordinance!, Welcome to the new Executive Committee Members, It's Time to Clean House, Help Wanted, Get Outdoors, Flatwoods Forest Ecosystem in Sam Houston National Forest is a Fun Hike
January 2021 - What Does Oil, Gas, and Energy Have to Do With Police Brutality In Texas?, ONLINE Houston Monthly Meeting: Flaring & Methane Pollution in Texas’ Permian Basin, Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: En-ROADS, a Climate Change Solutions Simulator, Cleanup Efforts Unify La Marque Community, Pervasive Plastic Pollution: What Are the Solutions?, Covid-19 Can’t Stop the Sierra Club From Protecting Our National Forests, Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour, Sam Houston National Forest Proposes Intense Fracking Gas Development, Sierra Club Objection Results in Changes for Sam Houston National Forest Prescribed Burning Project, Help Wanted, Get Outdoors
December 2020 - Anti-Racism, ONLINE Houston Monthly Meeting: Houston's Draft Long Range Solid Waste Plan, Bay Area Sierra Club Zoom Holiday Dinner Party, Buffalo Bayou Flooding Plans – We Must Make Our Concerns Heard, Update on the I-45 (NHHIP) Project & FEIS Comment Deadline, Dec. 9, Sierra Club Calendar Sales, If You Like Seafood, You’ll Love Seagrasses, Houston Sierra Club ExCom Candidate Nominations Announced, A Bird That Says Its Name, Help Wanted, Paddling the San Bernard River
November 2020 - I Can’t Breathe by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Online Monthly Meeting: Matagorda Bay Foundation, Bay Area Online Meeting: Rachel Powers, CEC Director, Sierra Club Calendar Sales, Short Fuse to Comment on Bad Bayou Proposal, How is the Quality of Our Surface Water Protected?, Draft 20 Year Solid Waste Plan for City of Houston, Community Gardens, Help Wanted, Fall on Marysee Prairie is Glorious!, Exploring Double Bayou
October 2020 - Growing Our Roots: Anti-Racism in Conservation Work, Online Monthly Meeting: Green Approaches to make Houston Flood & Climate-Resistant: What can be done?, Bay Area Online Meeting: Butterflies, the Border Wall, and Our Environment, Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3: Vote!, Harris County Commissioner Precinct 3 Endorsement, Sierra Club Calendar Sales, When Balloons Fly, Wildlife Dies, CEC Film Festival, Excom Election, Houston Sierra Club: Virtual Volunteer Information and Recruitment Fair
September 2020 - Houston Community Continues Fight Against Valero For Polluting Air With Hydrogen Cyanide, Running Towards Justice, Online Houston Monthly Meeting: Don Greene Nature Park, Bay Area Sierra Club Zoom Meeting: An Actively Antiracist Sierra Club, Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3: Vote, Houston Sierra Club Wants ExCom Candidate Nominations, Pursuing Equitable and Effective Flood Mitigation in the Houston Area, National Drive Electric Week, Help Wanted, Lake Charlotte: The Sequel
August 2020 - Pulling Down Our Monuments by Michael Brune, Online Monthly Program: Proposed I-45 Expansion, Bay Area Online Meeting: Dr. Sharir Masri, author of Beyond Debate, Virtual Environmental Candidate Forum: Harris County Commissioner Precinct 3, Help Save the Padre Island Sea Turtles, Community Resilience Task Force, Water Rising Webinar, Great American Outdoors Act, Even in Sad and Difficult Times We Can Help Heal Nature, Help Wanted, Lake Charlotte: The Movie
July 2020 - Anti-Racism: Radical Means Grabbing Something by the Root, Racism Is Killing the Planet by Hop Hopkins, Runoff Vote Reminder for July 14, Plastic’s Influence on Environmental Racism, Houston Sierra Club and COVID-19 Update, Help Wanted
June 2020 - From Outrage to Justice by Michael Brune, Proposed Expansion of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Matagorda Bay Foundation Dog Island Acquisition Project, Virtual Environmental Candidate Forum: Harris County Commissioner Precinct #3, The Water Column: Your Chance to Shape Flood Management in the Houston Area, Genetically Modified Mosquitoes for Harris County, Help Wanted
May 2020 - Online Monthly Meeting: Restoring Nature's Relationships, Bay Area Meeting: Zoom meeting, City of Houston Launches Houston Climate Action Plan, The Water Column: May 2020, Houston Solar Co-op Updates and Online Info Sessions, Houston Sierra Club Finds Stream Water Quality Issue in Sam Houston National Forest, Is it a Frog or a Toad?, Longleaf Pine in Chambers County, Great Wildlife Protector Rides into the Sunset: Tom Smith, Help Wanted, Take a Virtual Paddling Tour of a Flooded Forest
April 2020 - Online Monthly Meeting: The Proposed I-45 Expansion Plan, Bay Area Meeting: Photography Project, Water Column: Regional Water Planning, A Clarion Call to Protect Houston Area Wetlands: Sierra Club Advocates Sought, East Houston Solar Co-op Launched. METRO and COVID-19, Spring Wildflower Tour in Sam Houston National Forest, Sierra Club and Others Oppose Huge, Deepwater, Offshore, Crude Oil Terminal, Pipelines, and Onshore Terminals on the Texas Coast, Help Wanted
March 2020 - Monthly Meeting: The I-45 Project and the Future of Houston, Bay Area Meeting: A Trip to Antarctica, Neighborhood Witness, New Houston Area Solar Co-ops, The Water Column: Water Main Break, Houston Incentives for Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Baby Squirrel Season. Help Wanted, A Warm, Winter Day of Service on the Katy Prairie
February 2020 - Monthly Meeting: City of Houston's Natural Resources Management Program, Bay Area Meeting: Popcorn Night at the Movies, Can the I 45 Project be Improved?, The Water Column, East Texas Forests, Riding METRO Bus: Tips and Tools, Little Ladies (ladybugs), Help Wanted, Whites Bayou and Turtle Bayou Outing, Longleaf Pine Tree Planting Outing
January 2020 - Monthly Meeting: Trash in Our Waterways, Bay Area Meeting: Carbon Fee and Dividend Policy, 2019 Legislative Scorecard, Progress on Houston Bikeways, Houston Group Annual Summary, Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Farewell to ExCom Chair, Forest Restoration, Arlene Diehl recovering, Help Wanted, Double Bayou outing, San Bernard NWR outing
December 2019 - Monthly Meeting: Holiday Party, Bay Area Meeting: Holiday Party, Vote in the runoff election, Metro Plans and Priorities, $1000 for Lone Star Hiking Trail Bridge, Snapping Turtles, Thanks to Lorraine, Woodpeckers, Help Wanted article, Kirby Nature Trail Outing, Hudson Woods and Sea Center Outing
November 2019 - Monthly Meeting: Alligator Snapping Turtles of Buffalo Bayou, Bay Area Meeting: Galapagos: Geology, Wildlife, Sustainability, Cullen Blvd Transformation at University of Houston, Houston Sierra Club ExCom Candidate Nominations Announced, Help Address Problems with Bacteria Levels in Cypress Creek, Sierra Club Provides Input on Resilient Houston Outline – Twice, Urban Coyotes, Sierra Club Comments on Three Proposals on the Angelina-Sabine National Forests, Three Billion Lost, Help Wanted, Richards Loop Hike: What Happened to that Cool Breeze?
October 2019 - Monthly Meeting: Wile E. Coyote, Genius!, Bay Area Meeting: Petrochemical Pollution Crisis, MetroNext Endorsement, Election day Nov 5: VOTE, Water Column: One Water, Sierra Club at Drive Electric in Houston, Protect Your Climate, Forests, Water, Wildlife, and Recreation from Oil/Gas Exploitation, Spotlight: Brianna Westmoreland, Wildlife: Purple Martin Migration, Sierra Club Monitors Tornado Salvage Logging, Houston Sierra Club Visits COCO’s Open House, Help Wanted
September 2019 - Monthly Meeting: MetroNext, Bay Area General Meeting: Life in Outdoor Space, Houston Sierra Club Wants ExCom Nominations, Awards Nominations wanted, CEER Mayoral Candidate Forum, National Drive Electric Week, The Water Column, I-45: More Concrete is Better Carries the Day, Non-game Wildlife, Spotlight: Franklin Wu, Plastic Plight, Lichen bio-monitoring, Help Wanted, Watson Preserve
August 2019 - Monthly Meeting: Reforming the Education System via Urban Gardens, Bay Area General Meeting: Harris County Precinct 2 Flood Control Projects, Houston Sierra Club Wants ExCom Nominations, The Water Column: New Opportunities in Flood Management, Recycling and Plastic Pollution News, Fire in the Forest, Lone Star Hiking Trail Bridge/Trailhead Golf Fundraiser in October, When your Mother Calls, Answer Her!, Spotlight: Arjumand Mubaarak, Warren Oja: Sam Houston National Forest District Ranger Retires, Vultures: Every Day is Trash Day, Help Wanted
July 2019 - Monthly Meeting: What’s the Health of the Bay, Bay Area General Meeting: How Can We Personally Lead Greener Lives, Want to Assist with Sierra Club Outings?, Houston Sierra Club Serenity Studios “Sierra Social” a Big Hit!, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Workshop and Sierra Social, METRONext: Transit Plan Update, Spotlight: Alex Paul, A River Ran Past It: How Lake Charlotte Got to be the Way It Is, Something we Would Rather Not Talk About, Help Wanted, Tom Ivy Under the Weather, East End Sparkles in Kingwood, Cypress Wonderland Canoe/Kayak May 25
June 2019 - Monthly Meeting: The Texas Coastal Exchange, a New Conservation Tool, Bay Area General Meeting: Economics and Our Climate, Sierra Social June 22, Hermann Park to Initiate Organic Lawn Maintenance, Houston Climate Action Plan, Join the Political Committee, Are Electric Buses in Houston's Future?, Solar United Neighbors, Detention We Hardly Knew You, When Humans Forget to Learn, Bird Bath Bliss, Help Wanted, Canoe/Kayak the Cypress Wonderland
May 2019 - Monthly Meeting: Houston’s Climate Action Plan, Bay Area General Meeting: Green New Deal, Lone Star Chapter Awards, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Workshop and Sierra Social, Curbside Glass Recycling Returns, The Windpower Conference, National Trails Day June 1, Helicopter Crash in SHNF, The Killdeer: A Skilled Actor, Help Wanted, Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, Glorious Day at Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
April 2019 - Monthly Meeting: Houston’s Greenspace Future, Bay Area General Meeting: Solar Panels for your House, Sierra Club Lobby Day at the Texas Capital, City of Houston Climate Action Plan, Update on National Forests and Grasslands in Texas Oil/Gas Leasing, MFAH The Legend of Big Bend, Sierra Club Talks With Forest Service About Projects and NEPA, Raptors, Help Wanted, What is the Sierra Club Perspective? What is Populism and How Can Its Strategies Protect Planet Earth
March 2019 - Monthly Meeting: Proposed Storm Surge Protection, Bay Area General Meeting: Living in the Future’s Past, Vote in the National Sierra Club Board Election, North American Prairie Conference, Houston's Environmental Handbook, Houston We Have a Problem, Help Wanted, Tree Planting, Katy Prairie Outing, Brazoria Wildlife Refuge Outing
February 2019 - Monthly Meeting: Teaching Outdoors, Bay Area General Meeting: Pollinator Pathways, The Texas Legislature is back. So are we. New Bike Lanes, Recycling Updates, HSC Election Results, Massive Water Projects Provide for Growth and Cause Environmental Impacts, What's That Smell? When Flood Control Means Development, Our Recreation and Technology Have Environmental Impacts on Our Public Lands, Help Wanted
January 2019 - Monthly Meeting: Riverwoods: Exploring the Wild Neches, Bay Area General Meeting: “Drawdown” book discussion, Houston Sierra Club Presents 2018 Awards, Your Comments Needed about Coastal Texas Study, MetroNext Update: New Plan “A Plus”, 2019 Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Houston Sierra Club Meets With the U.S. Forest Service About Logging Project, Help Wanted, Flood Management Policy, Book Review: “In Defense of Public Lands”, Forest Resource Development and Sustainable Forestry Division Programs, Attracting Wildlife, High Times in the Cypress Wonderland – December 1, 2018
December 2018 - Monthly Meeting: Holiday Party, Bay Area General Meeting: Holiday Party, Vote in the Excom Election 2018, Equity in Transit Report, Harvey Registry, Help Wanted, 2019 Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Forest Fragmentation, The Beginning of the Texas Forest Service, JJ Watt Lives with Us, Halcyon Day and Wildflowers in Sam Houston National Forest, Paddling the San Bernard River on November 17, 2018
November 2018 - Monthly Meeting: The Nature Conservancy's Urban Conservation Program, Bay Area General Meeting: Peter Bowman on How to Take Better Photos, METROnext Plan Update, Drug Take-Back Locations, Vote Nov 6, Help Wanted, Lone Star 2019 Survey, Sierra Club Comments on Proposed 10-Year Burn Project, What is the Texas Forest Service?, Kill the Lights, Save the Birds, Excom Election 2018
October 2018 - Monthly Meeting: CEER, the Coalition for Environment, Equity, & Resilience, Bay Area General Meeting: Climate Change Awareness Road Trip, Vote Nov 6, Help Wanted: forestry, social media, webmaster, program chair, and audio/video coordinator, Houston Sierra Club Solicits Awards Nominations, Proposed Border Wall Tramples on a Texas State Park, Searching, and News & Current Events article filtering, What is Leucism?, Introduction to the Houston Sierra Club, Excom Election 2018, Riparian Woodlands, Den Trees and Cavities
September 2018 - Monthly Meeting: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Bay Area General Meeting: Mark Kramer of Armand Bayou Nature Center, National Drive Electric Week, MetroNEXT Draft Plans Posted, Mattresses are Recyclable, Help Wanted: Forestry and Social Media, Feral Hogs Damage Forests, A Brood Parasite, Excom Election 2018, National Forests and Grasslands in Texas Fingertip Facts Summary, Timber Management in the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas, Two Good Ones are Gone, Master Naturalists Bring Seabourne Creek Nature Park to Life
August 2018 - Monthly Meeting: Sweat Equity for the Environment, Bay Area General Meeting: Screening of A Plastic Ocean, Houston Sierra Club Position Statement on the Aug 25 Bond Election, Will Texas Support Public Transit?, Petrobras Settles Air Pollution Suit Against Pasadena Refinery, Aug 23 Rulemaking to Protect 4 Species of Turtles, Houston Climate Change Town Hall, Park Picnic for Climate Change, Forest Service Halts National Forest and Grasslands Forest Plan Revision, Sierra Club Comments on MCWHIP, The Top Dog, Long-Term Control of Southern Pine Beetles in East Texas Forests, Houston Area Nature Blogs
July 2018 - Monthly Meeting: Dolphins of Galveston Bay, Bay Area General Meeting: Trees and their Care, EPA Updates on San Jacinto River Waste Pits, Properly Disposing of E-Waste, Corps Approves Extension of Public Comment Period for Coastal Storm Surge, National Grasslands in Texas Need Our Support, Plastic Bag Bans — Setbacks and Progress, Spotlight: Anna, Guests in your Attic: Raccoons, How You Can Volunteer for the Sierra Club, Wilderness Character, Canoe/Kayak Outing to the Cypress Wonderland, Summer is not Too Hot for Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary
June 2018 - Monthly Meeting: Dr George Guillen’s Study of the Diamond-Backed Terrapin, Bay Area General Meeting: What is a Planetary Habitable Zone?, Aug 25 Special Bond Election on Flood Mitigation, Environmentalists and Coders United, Rapid Response Volunteers, Wildfire and Forest Jobs, E-waste Recycling Options in Houston, Double Bayou Watershed Protection Plan, Recycling Medical Supplies, Chimney Swifts, Longtime Wilderness Leader Departs, Canoe/Kayak Outing to Champion Lake, Copperheads and a Lost Leader
May 2018 - Monthly Meeting - Environmental, Social, and Economic Issues in the 5th Ward, Bay Area General Meeting: The State of Electric Vehicles, Longleaf Ridge Protected Area Expands, Adopt a Drain Houston, Mini Geology Interviews the Houston Sierra Club, Stump the Treehugger Contest, Spotlight: Colleen Neely, When is a Rabbit not a Rabbit? Light Pollution (April Program), Exploration Green’s Wetlands Planting, When Four in the Big Thicket is Enough
April 2018 - Monthly Meeting - Blinded by the Light, Earth Day at Discovery Green, Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Exploration Green Grand Opening Event, Opossums - what you may not know, Spotlight: Amanda Hsieh, Spring in Big Creek Brings Satisfaction
March 2018 - Monthly Meeting - A Tale of Two Prairies, Primary Election Tuesday March 6, Attend Open House Public Meeting for Revised Galveston Bay Plan, TRASH BASH! - Rivers, Lakes, Bays & Bayous, Interior Secretary Zinke Assaults Wilderness - Your Letter Needed, City Nature Challenge 2018, Ecosystem Restoration Needs for Coastal Texas Protection, Spotlight: Meredith Jennings, Sierra Club Plants Future for Katy Prairie
February 2018 - Monthly Meeting - Young Adult Sustainability, Curbside Yard Waste Collection Resumes, New COH Recycling Contract With Glass Recycling, HGAC 2045 New Regional Transportation Plan, Video Picks: Some Prairie Projects in Houston, Spotlight: Jim Williams, Marysee Prairie Saves the Day, Welcome Back … Longleaf Pine, Ice Paddle at Lake Charlotte, When “Brrrr Cold” Means a Cool Time
January 2018 - Monthly Meeting - Batteries as Big Power, Wildfires in Sam Houston National Forest, 2018 Single Use Plastic Data Collection Campaign, Bus Rapid Transit, Climate Change Candidate Forum, US District 7, Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour, Chris Liu Opinion Piece, Spotlight Chris Liu, Paddling through Cypress Wonderland
December 2017 - December Monthly meeting and annual holiday party, Houston Group Executive Committee Election, 2045 Regional Transportation Plan, Spotlight: Bay Area Sierra Club, Turtle Bayou Canoe/Kayak
November 2017 - November Monthly meeting, Election Day Tues Nov 7 - Vote, Annual auction, Potluck and Games, Can Our Devastating Flooding be Stopped? What do Big Thinkers Think, Public Hearing Comments to the Texas House Committee on Natural Resources, Comment Tips to Help Protect Public Grasslands and Forests, Recycling during the Post Harvey Recovery, Where to Recycle Plastic Bags, Galveston Bay Report Card 2017, Legislative Scorecard, Houston Group Executive Committee Election 2017, Spotlight on Helen Shih, A Cool Trail on a Cool Day (Woodlands Trail)
October 2017 - October Monthly meeting, Storm Surge Proposal Does Not Protect Houston From Flooding, Sierra Club Provides Input for Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan, Ask Houston METRO for Electric Buses, Recycling during the Post Harvey Recovery, Celebrating 125 Years of Protecting the Planet, COH Prop C on Parks Improvement Bond (Nov 7 ballot), Houston Sierra Club Climate Change Reading Group, Promotion of Asia Society’s Climate Change Panel, Houston Group Executive Committee Election 2017, Spotlight on Kristen Schlemmer
September 2017 - September Monthly meeting, Hurricane Harvey Funds, 125th Anniversary Celebration Sept. 25, Storm Surge Project Update, Young Adult Sustainability Call for Presenters, Houston Group Executive Committee Election 2017, Houston Independent School District Trustee Elections November 7, 2017, U.S. Forest Service Holds Public Meetings About Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers for NFGT Forest Plan Assessment, Forest Plan Revision Update, Peter Conaty Memorial, Spotlight on Tracy Whatley, Watson Preserve Outing Report
August 2017 - August Monthly meeting about Bees, 125th Anniversary Celebration Sept. 25, San Jacinto River Cleanup Action Alert, Single Use Plastic Data Collection Update, Tour of LEED Building at 609 Main, Environmental Reporting Award to Shannon Tompkins , Introducing New Intern Data Schmidt, Spotlight on Dana Schmidt, SHNF Blackland Prairies Outing Report
July 2017 - July Monthly meeting, New METRO Transportation Plan Open House, ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery, New COH Recycling with Glass, Battery-Electric Garbage Trucks, Spotlight on Art Browning, Stephen F. Austin State Park Outing Report, Cypress Wonderland Outing Report
June 2017 - June Monthly meeting, How to Comment on the New METRO Transportation Plan, HSC Joins Instagram and Twitter, The OCEAN CLEANUP, Tell Congress to Reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Cell Phones Project to Encourage Smarter Environmental Choices, New App to Report Galveston Bay Pollution, Spotlight on John Romo, Report on the Houston People’s Climate March, San Bernard Canoe Outing Report
May 2017 - May Monthly meeting, Yard Sale May 6, METRO new Regional Transportation Plan, ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery Penalty, North Jetty Cleanups, Compost Pickup by Bike, Kroger, Spotlight on JR Johnson
April 2017 - April Monthly meeting, Yard Sale May 6, Houston Marches, Forest Service Planning, Kroger Card, Earth Fair, Spotlight on Arjumand, Great Egret Ridge Trail Outing Report
March 2017 - March 2017 Monthly meeting, Galveston Bay Plan Revision, Battery Recycling, Sierra Club Reusable Bags, Support Public Lands, Yard Sale May 6, Young Adult Presentation, Spotlight on Stephanie, San Bernard NWR Outing Report
February 2017 - February 2017 Monthly meeting, Young Adult Sustainability Biographies, Introducing Member Spotlight, Better World to the Rescue, Environmental Career Forum - Feb. 11, Curbside Compost Collection -Videos, Katy Prairie Service Outing Report, Artist Boat Coastal Heritage Preserve
January 2017 - January 2017 Monthly meeting - Houston Group Executive Committee Election,Young Adult Sustainability, HSC Counter Inauguration Social, Houston BIke Plan, Electric Bus Coming, Walk Score app Review, Virginia Point Trip Report, Armchair Canoe Trip Report
December 2016 - December Monthly meeting - 2016 Holiday Celebration, Houston Group Executive Committee Election, San Jacinto River Waste Pits, Young Adult Sustainability, January Katy Prairie Service Outing, Turtle Bayou Trip Report, Deer Park Prairie Trip Report
November 2016 - November Monthly meeting, 2016 Holiday Celebration, Houston Group Executive Committee Election, Call For Presenters - Young Adult Sustainability, Hurricanes, Storm Surge, and Living By the Rules of the Sea on Galveston Bay, Galveston Bay Revision Process, Little Lake Creek Wilderness Area Trip Report
October 2016 - October Monthly meeting, 2016 Annual Auction, New Homes In Houston Will Soon Be Ready For Solar, Sierra Club Comments on Sam Houston National Forest Project, Sierra Club Provides Input for Funding of Galveston Bay Estuary Program Subcommittees, Cities/Transportation/Climate Change, Mattress Recycling, Call For Presenters - Young Adult Sustainability, Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement (TPP) is Not Dead, Unfortunately, Folletts Island Trip Report
September 2016 - September Monthly meeting, Special Evening Benefit Sept. 27, Executive Commmittee Elections Coming, Revision Process for Galveston Bay Plan Begins in October, Climate Reality Project, MORE Glass Recycling Drop Off Locations, Good videos on the Glass Recycling Process
August 2016 - August Monthly meeting, Special Evening Benefit Sept. 27, Help Environmental Candidates, The Most Important State-wide Elected Office in Texas, City of Houston's 30 MW Solar Power Deal, Wetland Planting at Exploration Green, New Glass Recycling Options, Recycling Process Videos, Green Faith Leaders Meet about Climate Justice, Sierra Club Meets with U.S. Forest Service about Logging Project, Ike Dike: A Hazard to Galveston Bay, Hudson Woods and Sea Center Trip Report
July 2016 - July Monthly meeting, Flower Garden Banks Sanctuary Expansion, Houston Bike Plan, Help Elect Environmental Advocates, Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training, Prairie Restoration in Sam Houston National Forest, Planting Native, Texas Landscape Project Book Release, Recycle Your Glass, Hurricanes as Agents of Ecological Change, Dave Sykes, Paddling Turtle Bayou
June 2016 - June Monthly meeting, Texas Conservation Scorecard, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Trip Report
May 2016 - Web Format
April/May 2016 - Web Format
April/May 2016 - PDF Format
In this issue: Outings Reports, Houston Give 5 Program, Political Committee
February/March 2016
In this issue: Outings Reports, Houston Give 5 Program, Recycling Medical Supplies, Washed Ashore at the Zoo, Trash Bash
December 2015/January 2016
In this issue: Executive Committee Ballot and Candidates, Annual Auction December 10, Outings Reports, Screening of "This Changes Everything", New ExCom Member Mary Wood, Sierra Club Calendars
October/November 2015
In this issue: Outings Reports, Forest Planning 2016, Sierra Club Calendars, Executive Committee Elections, Annual Auction December 10
August/September 2015
In this issue: Outings Reports, Cambodian Challenge Program, Relink Kroger Plus Card, Baylor Asthma Study, September 23 Special Event
June/July 2015
In this issue: Outings Reports, Yard Sale Thanks, National Sierra Club Election Results
April/May 2015
In this issue: Houston General Plan, New Houston Bike Lane, Fossilized in Houston, Annual Yard Sale, Deepwater Horizon, Earth Day, Climate Warming, Frank Salzhandler, USW Oil Workers, Thank You Auction Donors, Sierra Club Elections, Longleaf Pine Planting, Clear Lake Meetings Rebooted
Feburary/March 2015
In this issue: Texas Coal Plants, Letter to the Editor, Updated Group Leaders, and more.
December 2014/January 2015
In this issue: Executive Committee Election, Sierra Club Calendars for 2015.
October/November 2014
In this issue: SHNF Vegetation Survey, November 4 General Election, Don Greene.
August/September 2014
In this issue: New Bayou Banner Editor, Environmental Justice Summit, New Sierra Club Award, Zero Waste or One Bin, National Drive Electric Week, Recycling Flip-Flops.
June/July 2014
In this issue: Banner Mailouts Ending, Sign up for our Email Alert List
April/May 2014
In this issue: One Bin for All, San Jacinto River Waste Pits Revisited, Annual Yard Sale.
February/March 2014
In this issue: Air Quality Advocated Needed, New Houston Residential Energy Conservation Code.
December 2013/January 2014
In this issue: Executive Committee Election, Energy Efficiency, Two More Pipelines and NWP 12.