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Current Newsletter:
October 2018 - Monthly Meeting: CEER, the Coalition for Environment, Equity, & Resilience, Bay Area General Meeting: Climate Change Awareness Road Trip, Vote November 6, Houston Sierra Club Help Wanted, Houston Sierra Club Solicits Awards Nominations, Border Wall, Searching and News & Current Events article filtering, What is Leucism?, Introduction to the Houston Sierra Club, Excom Election 2018, Riparian Woodlands, Den Trees and Cavities
Past Newsletters:
September 2018 - Monthly Meeting: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Bay Area General Meeting: Mark Kramer of Armand Bayou Nature Center, National Drive Electric Week, MetroNEXT Draft Plans Posted, Mattresses are Recyclable, Help Wanted: Forestry and Social Media, Feral Hogs Damage Forests, A Brood Parasite, Excom Election 2018, National Forests and Grasslands in Texas Fingertip Facts Summary, Timber Management in the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas, Two Good Ones are Gone, Master Naturalists Bring Seabourne Creek Nature Park to Life
August 2018 - Monthly Meeting: Sweat Equity for the Environment, Bay Area General Meeting: Screening of A Plastic Ocean, Houston Sierra Club Position Statement on the Aug 25 Bond Election, Will Texas Support Public Transit?, Petrobras Settles Air Pollution Suit Against Pasadena Refinery, Aug 23 Rulemaking to Protect 4 Species of Turtles, Houston Climate Change Town Hall, Park Picnic for Climate Change, Forest Service Halts National Forest and Grasslands Forest Plan Revision, Sierra Club Comments on MCWHIP, The Top Dog, Long-Term Control of Southern Pine Beetles in East Texas Forests, Houston Area Nature Blogs
July 2018 - Monthly Meeting: Dolphins of Galveston Bay, Bay Area General Meeting: Trees and their Care, EPA Updates on San Jacinto River Waste Pits, Properly Disposing of E-Waste, Corps Approves Extension of Public Comment Period for Coastal Storm Surge, National Grasslands in Texas Need Our Support, Plastic Bag Bans — Setbacks and Progress, Spotlight: Anna, Guests in your Attic: Raccoons, How You Can Volunteer for the Sierra Club, Wilderness Character, Canoe/Kayak Outing to the Cypress Wonderland, Summer is not Too Hot for Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary
June 2018 - Monthly Meeting: Dr George Guillen’s Study of the Diamond-Backed Terrapin, Bay Area General Meeting: What is a Planetary Habitable Zone?, Aug 25 Special Bond Election on Flood Mitigation, Environmentalists and Coders United, Rapid Response Volunteers, Wildfire and Forest Jobs, E-waste Recycling Options in Houston, Double Bayou Watershed Protection Plan, Recycling Medical Supplies, Chimney Swifts, Longtime Wilderness Leader Departs, Canoe/Kayak Outing to Champion Lake, Copperheads and a Lost Leader
May 2018 - Monthly Meeting - Environmental, Social, and Economic Issues in the 5th Ward, Bay Area General Meeting: The State of Electric Vehicles, Longleaf Ridge Protected Area Expands, Adopt a Drain Houston, Mini Geology Interviews the Houston Sierra Club, Stump the Treehugger Contest, Spotlight: Colleen Neely, When is a Rabbit not a Rabbit? Light Pollution (April Program), Exploration Green’s Wetlands Planting, When Four in the Big Thicket is Enough
April 2018 - Monthly Meeting - Blinded by the Light, Earth Day at Discovery Green, Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Exploration Green Grand Opening Event, Opossums - what you may not know, Spotlight: Amanda Hsieh, Spring in Big Creek Brings Satisfaction
March 2018 - Monthly Meeting - A Tale of Two Prairies, Primary Election Tuesday March 6, Attend Open House Public Meeting for Revised Galveston Bay Plan, TRASH BASH! - Rivers, Lakes, Bays & Bayous, Interior Secretary Zinke Assaults Wilderness - Your Letter Needed, City Nature Challenge 2018, Ecosystem Restoration Needs for Coastal Texas Protection, Spotlight: Meredith Jennings, Sierra Club Plants Future for Katy Prairie
February 2018 - Monthly Meeting - Young Adult Sustainability, Curbside Yard Waste Collection Resumes, New COH Recycling Contract With Glass Recycling, HGAC 2045 New Regional Transportation Plan, Video Picks: Some Prairie Projects in Houston, Spotlight: Jim Williams, Marysee Prairie Saves the Day, Welcome Back … Longleaf Pine, Ice Paddle at Lake Charlotte, When “Brrrr Cold” Means a Cool Time
January 2018 - Monthly Meeting - Batteries as Big Power, Wildfires in Sam Houston National Forest, 2018 Single Use Plastic Data Collection Campaign, Bus Rapid Transit, Climate Change Candidate Forum, US District 7, Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour, Chris Liu Opinion Piece, Spotlight Chris Liu, Paddling through Cypress Wonderland
December 2017 - December Monthly meeting and annual holiday party, Houston Group Executive Committee Election, 2045 Regional Transportation Plan, Spotlight: Bay Area Sierra Club, Turtle Bayou Canoe/Kayak
November 2017 - November Monthly meeting, Election Day Tues Nov 7 - Vote, Annual auction, Potluck and Games, Can Our Devastating Flooding be Stopped? What do Big Thinkers Think, Public Hearing Comments to the Texas House Committee on Natural Resources, Comment Tips to Help Protect Public Grasslands and Forests, Recycling during the Post Harvey Recovery, Where to Recycle Plastic Bags, Galveston Bay Report Card 2017, Legislative Scorecard, Houston Group Executive Committee Election 2017, Spotlight on Helen Shih, A Cool Trail on a Cool Day (Woodlands Trail)
October 2017 - October Monthly meeting, Storm Surge Proposal Does Not Protect Houston From Flooding, Sierra Club Provides Input for Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan, Ask Houston METRO for Electric Buses, Recycling during the Post Harvey Recovery, Celebrating 125 Years of Protecting the Planet, COH Prop C on Parks Improvement Bond (Nov 7 ballot), Houston Sierra Club Climate Change Reading Group, Promotion of Asia Society’s Climate Change Panel, Houston Group Executive Committee Election 2017, Spotlight on Kristen Schlemmer
September 2017 - September Monthly meeting, Hurricane Harvey Funds, 125th Anniversary Celebration Sept. 25, Storm Surge Project Update, Young Adult Sustainability Call for Presenters, Houston Group Executive Committee Election 2017, Houston Independent School District Trustee Elections November 7, 2017, U.S. Forest Service Holds Public Meetings About Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers for NFGT Forest Plan Assessment, Forest Plan Revision Update, Peter Conaty Memorial, Spotlight on Tracy Whatley, Watson Preserve Outing Report
August 2017 - August Monthly meeting about Bees, 125th Anniversary Celebration Sept. 25, San Jacinto River Cleanup Action Alert, Single Use Plastic Data Collection Update, Tour of LEED Building at 609 Main, Environmental Reporting Award to Shannon Tompkins , Introducing New Intern Data Schmidt, Spotlight on Dana Schmidt, SHNF Blackland Prairies Outing Report
July 2017 - July Monthly meeting, New METRO Transportation Plan Open House, ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery, New COH Recycling with Glass, Battery-Electric Garbage Trucks, Spotlight on Art Browning, Stephen F. Austin State Park Outing Report, Cypress Wonderland Outing Report
June 2017 - June Monthly meeting, How to Comment on the New METRO Transportation Plan, HSC Joins Instagram and Twitter, The OCEAN CLEANUP, Tell Congress to Reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Cell Phones Project to Encourage Smarter Environmental Choices, New App to Report Galveston Bay Pollution, Spotlight on John Romo, Report on the Houston People’s Climate March, San Bernard Canoe Outing Report
May 2017 - May Monthly meeting, Yard Sale May 6, METRO new Regional Transportation Plan, ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery Penalty, North Jetty Cleanups, Compost Pickup by Bike, Kroger, Spotlight on JR Johnson
April 2017 - April Monthly meeting, Yard Sale May 6, Houston Marches, Forest Service Planning, Kroger Card, Earth Fair, Spotlight on Arjumand, Great Egret Ridge Trail Outing Report
March 2017 - March 2017 Monthly meeting, Galveston Bay Plan Revision, Battery Recycling, Sierra Club Reusable Bags, Support Public Lands, Yard Sale May 6, Young Adult Presentation, Spotlight on Stephanie, San Bernard NWR Outing Report
February 2017 - February 2017 Monthly meeting, Young Adult Sustainability Biographies, Introducing Member Spotlight, Better World to the Rescue, Environmental Career Forum - Feb. 11, Curbside Compost Collection -Videos, Katy Prairie Service Outing Report, Artist Boat Coastal Heritage Preserve
January 2017 - January 2017 Monthly meeting - Houston Group Executive Committee Election,Young Adult Sustainability, HSC Counter Inauguration Social, Houston BIke Plan, Electric Bus Coming, Walk Score app Review, Virginia Point Trip Report, Armchair Canoe Trip Report
December 2016 - December Monthly meeting - 2016 Holiday Celebration, Houston Group Executive Committee Election, San Jacinto River Waste Pits, Young Adult Sustainability, January Katy Prairie Service Outing, Turtle Bayou Trip Report, Deer Park Prairie Trip Report
November 2016 - November Monthly meeting, 2016 Holiday Celebration, Houston Group Executive Committee Election, Call For Presenters - Young Adult Sustainability, Hurricanes, Storm Surge, and Living By the Rules of the Sea on Galveston Bay, Galveston Bay Revision Process, Little Lake Creek Wilderness Area Trip Report
October 2016 - October Monthly meeting, 2016 Annual Auction, New Homes In Houston Will Soon Be Ready For Solar, Sierra Club Comments on Sam Houston National Forest Project, Sierra Club Provides Input for Funding of Galveston Bay Estuary Program Subcommittees, Cities/Transportation/Climate Change, Mattress Recycling, Call For Presenters - Young Adult Sustainability, Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement (TPP) is Not Dead, Unfortunately, Folletts Island Trip Report
September 2016 - September Monthly meeting, Special Evening Benefit Sept. 27, Executive Commmittee Elections Coming, Revision Process for Galveston Bay Plan Begins in October, Climate Reality Project, MORE Glass Recycling Drop Off Locations, Good videos on the Glass Recycling Process
August 2016 - August Monthly meeting, Special Evening Benefit Sept. 27, Help Environmental Candidates, The Most Important State-wide Elected Office in Texas, City of Houston's 30 MW Solar Power Deal, Wetland Planting at Exploration Green, New Glass Recycling Options, Recycling Process Videos, Green Faith Leaders Meet about Climate Justice, Sierra Club Meets with U.S. Forest Service about Logging Project, Ike Dike: A Hazard to Galveston Bay, Hudson Woods and Sea Center Trip Report
July 2016 - July Monthly meeting, Flower Garden Banks Sanctuary Expansion, Houston Bike Plan, Help Elect Environmental Advocates, Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training, Prairie Restoration in Sam Houston National Forest, Planting Native, Texas Landscape Project Book Release, Recycle Your Glass, Hurricanes as Agents of Ecological Change, Dave Sykes, Paddling Turtle Bayou
June 2016 - June Monthly meeting, Texas Conservation Scorecard, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Trip Report
May 2016 - Web Format
April/May 2016 - Web Format
April/May 2016 - PDF Format
In this issue: Outings Reports, Houston Give 5 Program, Political Committee
February/March 2016
In this issue: Outings Reports, Houston Give 5 Program, Recycling Medical Supplies, Washed Ashore at the Zoo, Trash Bash
December 2015/January 2016
In this issue: Executive Committee Ballot and Candidates, Annual Auction December 10, Outings Reports, Screening of "This Changes Everything", New ExCom Member Mary Wood, Sierra Club Calendars
October/November 2015
In this issue: Outings Reports, Forest Planning 2016, Sierra Club Calendars, Executive Committee Elections, Annual Auction December 10
August/September 2015
In this issue: Outings Reports, Cambodian Challenge Program, Relink Kroger Plus Card, Baylor Asthma Study, September 23 Special Event
June/July 2015
In this issue: Outings Reports, Yard Sale Thanks, National Sierra Club Election Results
April/May 2015
In this issue: Houston General Plan, New Houston Bike Lane, Fossilized in Houston, Annual Yard Sale, Deepwater Horizon, Earth Day, Climate Warming, Frank Salzhandler, USW Oil Workers, Thank You Auction Donors, Sierra Club Elections, Longleaf Pine Planting, Clear Lake Meetings Rebooted
Feburary/March 2015
In this issue: Texas Coal Plants, Letter to the Editor, Updated Group Leaders, and more.
December 2014/January 2015
In this issue: Executive Committee Election, Sierra Club Calendars for 2015.
October/November 2014
In this issue: SHNF Vegetation Survey, November 4 General Election, Don Greene.
August/September 2014
In this issue: New Bayou Banner Editor, Environmental Justice Summit, New Sierra Club Award, Zero Waste or One Bin, National Drive Electric Week, Recycling Flip-Flops.
June/July 2014
In this issue: Banner Mailouts Ending, Sign up for our Email Alert List
April/May 2014
In this issue: One Bin for All, San Jacinto River Waste Pits Revisited, Annual Yard Sale.
February/March 2014
In this issue: Air Quality Advocated Needed, New Houston Residential Energy Conservation Code.
December 2013/January 2014
In this issue: Executive Committee Election, Energy Efficiency, Two More Pipelines and NWP 12.