One thing that always seems to add to the enjoyment of a ballet or a paddling trip is to read some advance reviews and dig into a little background. By ten days before the planned December 3 canoe/kayak outing... (click on article headline to read...

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

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released its “Proposed Plan” (PP) to clean-up the San Jacinto Waste Pits Site (SJWPS). The SJWPS was used... (Click on article headline to read more)

We met up at White Park, which is in Chambers County, about 5 miles northeast of the city of Anahuac. For about a week, we had all been following the weather forecasts, which kept telling us that the first cold front of the season was expected... (...

I tend to be a preacher. I don't mean to be, but sometimes I am. That is what the sixteen of us found out on November 12th in Deer Park Prairie. Autumn is a wonderful time in Houston. When temperatures drop...

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

I counted. There were 12 of us. These were good folks. Barry, Andrew, Sara, Lida, Lyn Ann, Taylor, Ginger, Gary, Elizabeth, Corrine, and JR. Good people are the second

We are looking for young, energetic, passionate young adults to make a short presentation about their sustainability accomplishments at a general meeting on Thursday, February 9, 2017

Galveston Bay is one of the most important ecological areas in Texas. This 31 by 17 mile estuary is highly productive for shellfish (oysters and shrimp) and finfish (Spotted Sea Trout and Red Drum); has many recreational and tourist attractions (...

The Galveston Bay Estuary Program begins its' revision of the 21 year old Galveston Bay Plan (GBP, officially called a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan) on October 26, 2016, when it holds the first public workshop, 4-6 pm, open house...