By Brandt Mannchen - The program was wonderful. The Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has a “Wildlife Center of Texas” on Old Katy Road.

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for October 2024. Click the title to see the news this month.

You may have heard of the City of Houston's 'All Plastics Recycling' collections in the past two years. But Houston environmental groups and investigative reporters have raised serious concerns about the viability and effectiveness of this approach...

Sharks have been vilified for hundreds of years by people. But they are incredibly important in our Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and bay waters.

In August, the U.S. Forest Service approved salvage logging of about 1,700 acres on the east side of Sam Houston National Forest after trees were blown down during Hurricane Beryl.

On September 5, 2024, the Sierra Club met with the U.S. Forest Service at the National Forests and Grassland in Texas offices, in Lufkin, Texas, to discuss hiking trail protection.

Come meet some wildlife in person on October 10! Rescuing nature’s treasures: the Wildlife Center of Texas rehabilitation program is presented by Monica Jarisch, Jean Watson, and Randolph Watson.

By Tom Douglas - The Columbia Bottomlands are shaped by their relationship to water. On August 17 we explored them by paddling a section of the San Bernard River.

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for September 2024. Click the title to see the news this month.

This month our speaker will be Dr. Evgenia Spears, the new Water Program Coordinator for the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter.