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March 2018 Edition
March 8, 2018 — A Tale of Two Prairies
At our March 8, 2018 meeting, we will have a presentation of “A Tale of Two Prairies”, the green version of the Charles Dickens classic. (“It was the best of prairies… etc.”) This is a program for prairie lovers and habitat restoration fans.
Our guest speakers will be Stephen Benigno and Andrew Newman of the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD), who will update us on their prairie restoration projects.
The event is free and open to the public at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1805 West Alabama, Houston. Main program starts 7:30 PM. Doors open 7:00 PM.
Don’t forget to vote on Tuesday, March 6, if you haven’t early voted. Primary elections can be very important. The outcome of many elections is actually decided at the primary stage.
In the article are links where you can find information for your own ballot.
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On March 5, 2018, there will be an open house public meeting to learn about and comment on the revised Galveston Bay Plan (GBP). This is your chance to provide input for the revised GBP, which lays out what will be done to protect and improve water quality, ecosystems, and the condition of Galveston Bay in the next 10 years.
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Help pitch in to protect our regional waterways on March 24.
This annual event has various clean up sites all over the Houston region - 15 sites for 2018. Pick your favorite stream, bayou or shoreline. You can locate the specific sites at the web link in the article to see which is closest to you, or which is of most interest.
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By Brandt Mannchen
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is engaged in an assault on our National Park, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wilderness heritage. Only you can stop him!!!
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You can help document the wildlife species in our urban area - here is how.
Join Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas Master Naturalists, and many others in a fun challenge to see which city can document the most species during April 27 - 30. It is easy to participate by joining an event or making observations on your own using the iNaturalist app.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), in a November 20, 2017 Planning Aid Letter (PAL) to the Galveston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), provided recommendations for the “ecosystem restoration” part of the massive mega-study of the entire Texas Coast known as the “Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study” (CTPRFS).
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Describe the first time you felt a strong affinity for nature?
I grew up in a small suburb of Little Rock, Arkansas where I enjoyed exploring park trails and catching minnows from the lake. But even though I was landlocked, I fell in love with the ocean at an early age and wanted to become a marine biologist.
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Get Outdoors!
For information on upcoming outings in the Houston area, check out our MeetUp site or our Outings Calendar on our website.
On February 10, 2018, the Houston Sierra Club participated in a service outing at the Katy Prairie Conservancy’s (KPC) Indian Grass Prairie and Field Office in eastern Waller County. Sierra Club volunteers arrived about 9 am. The night and morning before there was significant rain, in some places 4-5 inches, and the entire prairie was wet.
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