Bayou Banner December 2023-January 2024
December 9, 2023
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for December 2023-January 2024. Click the title to see the news this month.
Bay Area Sierra Club Zoom Holiday Party
November 22, 2023
On December 20 we will have a Holiday Party on Zoom and play our environmental game that Kevin and Loretta Beard adapted from BINGO.
Online Houston Monthly Meeting: The Greener Gulfton Story
November 22, 2023
On January 11, our speaker will be Jaime Gonzalez, Community & Equitable Conservation Programs Director for The Nature Conservancy in Texas.
Online Houston Monthly Meeting: The Gateway Bug, and The Insects that Sustain Prairie Ecosystems
November 22, 2023
On December 14, our speaker will be entomologist Erin Mills, currently the Education Manager at the Houston Botanic Garden and formerly Director of the Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Houston Musuem of Natural Science.
Recycle Holiday Lights & Electronics at the Houston Zoo!
November 20, 2023
Recycle your old holiday string lights at the Houston Zoo until Sunday, January 7. Recycling helps keep unwanted items out of landfills.
Turkey Hill Wilderness Area and East Texas Plant Symposium Heal Body and Mind
November 20, 2023
By Brandt Mannchen - We stopped at Turkey Hill Wilderness Area (THWA) in Angelina National Forest, not far from Sam Rayburn Reservoir.
TCEQ Public Meeting on Martin Marietta Concrete Crushing Facility
November 20, 2023
By Aiyana Baptiste - A community of concerned individuals gathered on September 28 to discuss the renewal of the Martin Marietta Materials Air Quality Permit in the Westbury and Willow Waterhole community.
A Summary of the Columbia Bottomlands - What is it?
November 11, 2023
The Columbia Bottomlands is a unique Texas coastal forest composed of forested floodplain wetlands interconnected with adjacent coastal prairies.
Road Widening Proposed for Sam Houston National Forest
November 11, 2023
The Houston Regional Group/Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club submitted public scoping comments to the Texas Department of Transportation about the proposed FM 149 Project, from Grimes County Line to FM 1791 in Montgomery County, in SHNF.
Bayou Banner November 2023
November 2, 2023
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for November 2023. Click the title to see the news this month.