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

 The Galveston Bay Estuary Program's revision of the 22 year old Galveston Bay Plan (Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan) continues on March 1, 2017, with its second workshop, 2-4 pm, at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension-Galveston...

Your help is needed right now to stop any effort by the U.S. Congress and the Trump Administration from selling off our national birthright, our public lands. One of the first orders of business that Republicans in the U.S. Congress... (Click on the...

A number of cities and communities around the country have initiated municipal compost collection to both reduce methane production and reduce landfill needs. Methane is one of the most potent of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate...

Dr. Cassidy Johnson (HCC/Rice University/Coastal Prairie Partnership) is organizing a great event focusing on careers in conservation, ecology, and the environment on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at HCC West Loop. (Click on headline to read more...

By Carol WoronowFlat tire? Again! Better World to the rescue — again!The Sierra Club is partnering with Better World, an eco-friendly auto club (for bicycles, too). (Click on headline to read more.)

The Houston Regional Group of the Sierra Club will begin a new project to build community, promote inclusion, and foster interest in the club and its participants. Regularly, we will interview members of the Sierra Club and publish them in the Bayou...

Four talented young adults will share a range of interests from ecosystem restoration to the future of energy subsidies.Join us  February 9, 2017 from 7-9 pm at Pecore Hall to hear more about these enthusiastic young people and their on-going...

By Brandt MannchenOne of the things I like to do is get out in Nature.  I will write articles periodically for the Bayou Banner to let Sierrans know about wild places they can visit in the Greater Houston Area. Places along the Texas...

By Brandt MannchenWe arrived at the 2,500 acre Indian Grass Prairie, on the Katy Prairie, ready to go.  I had postponed this service trip last week due to frigid, wet, and windy weather.  As a result of the postponement the number...