Every citizen can help identify local environmental problems by knowing what to look for and how to report them. The City of Houston was the first city in the nation to create and publish a public Environmental Violation Handbook.... (Read more)

At our Bay Area Sierra Club’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 20, we will show the video "Living in the Future's Past". In this film, Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges asks, "what kind of future would you like to see?" ... (Read more)

By Brandt Mannchen I am retired and you would think that I have plenty of “free time”. However, looks are deceiving.... (Read more)

A Democratic Sierra Club Demands Grassroots Participation! The annual election for the Club's Board of Directors is now underway. Those eligible to vote in the national Sierra Club election will receive in the mail (or by Internet if you chose the...

From June 2nd through June 5th in 2019, the North American Prairie Conference will be held at the University of Houston Clear Lake (UHCL). This is the most important and largest prairie conference held this year and will have presentations from...

The long delayed Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) Longleaf Pine tree planting event, rescheduled due to the federal government shutdown, finally occurred on February 8th, in the Turkey Creek Unit next to the visitor center and head-quarter’s...

Since moving to Humble, Texas, my drives to the outings that I lead are much longer. I left my house at 7 am on Saturday morning (February 16th) to drive to the Indian Grass Prairie Preserve that the Katy Prairie Conservancy owns in Waller County...

The Houston toad was discovered in the late 1940’s but wasn’t named until 1953. John Wottring, an amateur herpetologist, heard an unfamiliar, high-pitched trill-sounding nighttime call in South Houston and it was discovered that the toad belonged to...

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for February 2019. Click the title to see the news this month.

In December 2018, Houston Sierra Club members voted for the first time online, via the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, for new Executive Committee (Ex. Com.) members.... (Read more)