Houston METRO is expected to finalize its METROnext transit plan in the next several weeks in anticipation of placing a bond referendum on the November 2019 ballot. METRO may schedule a final round of public meetings in July or August. If those...

My name is Alex Paul. I am currently a student at University of Houston – Clear Lake pursuing a master’s in environmental science. I am currently working on my thesis which focuses on micro-plastic pollution in Cypress Creek. After I graduate, I...

By Tom Douglas During river trips, we often notice how the current slows down when the river flows into a lake or a bay. This slowing-down allows sediment that had been suspended in the flowing river to drop out, often forming a sandbar...

Recently, we heard that Former Houston Sierra Club Chair, Tom Ivy, is under the weather and not able to attend Houston Sierra Club meetings. We wish Tom a speedy recovery and hope we will see him soon.... (Read more)

On Saturday, June 22, 2019, 37 Houston Sierra Club members and visitors met at “Serenity Studios”, 1331 Yale Street, in the Heights, and celebrated summer with a “Sierra Social”. Good food, a free drawing for a “cool” book, a rousing talk about the...

Over the years the Houston Sierra Club has offered a variety of regional outings, including day hikes, canoe/kayak outings, bike tours and service outings; as well as camping trips to a variety of state and national parks in Texas and across the...

Recently, Warren Oja, District Ranger for Sam Houston National Forest (SHNF), retired from the U.S. Forest Service (FS) after working more than 45 years as a public servant. Warren spent time in Alaska and California before he came to Texas in the...

By Tom Douglas This outing was originally planned for Champion Lake, which is about 3 miles west of the Trinity River, opposite the town of Moss Bluff. But on May 25, the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge’s Champion Lake Public Use...

We are going wild, rewilding our urban and rural lands! At Exploration Green in Clear Lake, the Houston Sierra Club planted trees, shrubs, and wildflowers in a green space that used to be a golf course. And all over our country, we are rewilding...

By Brandt Mannchen In the Houston Area, our “Mother River” (River) calls. Our River is in danger. But can we hear her and help? I am not talking about the 710-mile long Trinity River, the 840-mile Brazos River, or the San Bernard,...