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,...

.By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife CenterWARNING! The pictures may be difficult for some to view. This is a difficult subject to talk about and some will find this article hard to read but it’s good information... (Read more)

By Brandt Mannchen It was nice to roll out of bed knowing that I was only 15 minutes away from the outing I was leading. I was selfish and had scheduled the June Houston Sierra Club outing at East End Park, a wonderful almost 160-acre park...

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