Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for December 2021. Click the title to see the news this month.

The Land Bridge and Prairie Project in Memorial Park has made significant progress and should soon mark a major milestone. It is expected that the land bridge tunnels will be completed and open for traffic in early 2022.... (Read more)

After a Trump-era rule was struck down in federal court, the EPA and Department of the Army are working to establish a new rule that will restore protections under the Clean Water Act.... (Read more)

Election time is nearing for Houston Sierra Club (HSC) members! In December, annual elections for our Executive Committee (ExCom) occur.... (Read more)

On November 13, former Houston Sierra Club Conservation Chair Linda Shead was recognized as “One in a Million Women in Coastal Conservation.” ... (Read more)

On December 15 we will have a Holiday Party on Zoom and play our environmental game that Kevin and Loretta Beard adapted from BINGO. It’s like an environmental Trivial Pursuit.... (Read more)

This holiday season recycle your old holiday string lights at the Houston Zoo to help save animals in the wild! Recycling helps keep unwanted items out of landfills. The fewer landfills we need for human waste, the more space there is for animals...

Houston's Health Museum, the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science, and the Houston Public Library are currently hosting the exhibit Your Body, Your Air. This exhibit explains the connections between human health and the air quality...

By Cheryl ConleySometimes we hear things and we just assume they’re correct. Let’s dispel some of those old wives’ tales or myths that we’ve heard about animals.... (Read more)

In November 2021, the Houston Regional Group and Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club submitted scoping comments to the U.S. Forest Service, in Sam Houston National Forest, about the proposed Compartments 29, 36, and 37 Mulching Project.... (Read...