Houston Sierra Club members often ask how they can help the Houston Sierra Club. They want to know how they can participate in the good work that the Houston Sierra Club does. There is a very simple answer... (Read more)

On June 11, 2018, Colonel Lars N. Zetterstrom, Commanding Officer at the Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, granted a 75-day public comment period for the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study and Environmental...

Who doesn’t enjoy seeing squirrels scamper from tree to tree? Everyone loves seeing birds at their feeders. Who doesn’t love seeing the does with their fawns? We live side by side with wildlife. ... (Read more)

On Saturday morning, June 2, we launched our boats from the east bank of the Trinity River (referred to during the 1600s as the “River of Canoes”) at the Interstate 10 bridge. This choice of launch site was fortunate... (Read more)

On September 3, 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed “The Wilderness Act” (TWA) into law. Administratively, wilderness existed as early as 1924, when Aldo Leopold convinced his superiors in the U.S. Forest Service to designate... (Read...

Nine Sierrans met and visited the Outdoor Nature Club’s Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary (LTNS) in San Jacinto County on June 9, 2018. We were welcomed by Sergio Henao, 78 years young, who showed us incomparable hospitality as we hiked... (Read...

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for June 2018. Click the title to see the news this month.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a community meeting on June 5, 2018, to update the public on progress toward removal of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site (SJRWPSS). About 85 people attended the meeting. Vince Ryan...

If you’re hearing twittering followed by rapid, high-pitched chirps in your fireplace, you’ve got Chimney Swifts but before you call an exterminator to have them removed, it’s important to know that the birds have the law on their side. They are...

Harris County will hold a special bond election on August 25, 2018 to approve flood mitigation projects. The date chosen marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey’s landfall. The public will be asked to approve the $2.5 billion of...