Current News:
July/August News:
July/August Bayou Banner -
Houston Regional Group newsletter - (0.7mb)  
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Making All Gulf Towns "Cool Cities":
Volunteer Training Blitz July 7, 8 and 9
Cool Cities, the Sierra Club’s solutions-oriented campaign to address global
warming at the local level through energy efficiency, is expanding in the Houston
metropolitan area. The campaign is forming teams to meet with all area mayors, and we're
having lunch and evening trainings on three consecutive days in July to make it easy for
everyone to participate! (Jul 08) More==>
Big Thicket National Preserve Boundary Expansion Bill,
HR 5891, Introduced by Congressman Brady
U.S. Representative Kevin Brady has introduced HR 5891 in the U.S. Congress
to expand the size of Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) from 97,000 acres to 197,000
acres. (Jul 08) More==>
Guadalupe Mountains National Park Needs Your Comments
by June 16 for General Management Plan
The National Park Service (NPS) has released the Draft General Management
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP) for Guadalupe Mountains National Park (GMNP) for
public comment. This will be the first change in the GMP since 1976! Your comments are
needed to ensure that wilderness and wildlife are fully protected. (Jul 08) More==>
June News:
June Bayou Banner -
Houston Regional Group newsletter - (0.7mb)
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May News:
May Bayou Banner - Houston
Regional Group newsletter - (0.7mb)
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April News:
April Bayou Banner -
Houston Regional Group newsletter - (0.7mb)
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March News:
March Bayou Banner -
Houston Regional Group newsletter - (0.7mb)
I-69 / Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) Needs
Your Comments Now!
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) have proposed I-69/TTC in a Tier I, Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
that is available for public review and comment. This mammoth proposal envisions a 20-50
year building program that could cost $20 billion or more. I-69/TTC would consist of a
four lane truck toll road; a six lane passenger vehicle toll road; two freight train
tracks; two commuter rail tracks; two high-speed rail tracks; and a utility corridor for
pipelines and power-lines. (Mar 08) More==>
Forest Service Proposes Future Old Growth for First
Time
On December 21, 2007, for the first time since the 1996 Land and Resource
Management Plan (LRMP) was approved for the four national forests in Texas, the U.S.
Forest Service (FS) proposed designation of two areas (stands) in Sam Houston National
Forest (SHNF) as Future Old Growth (FOG). According to the LRMP FOG areas are "Areas
which have been designated to eventually become old growth. Areas will be subject only to
natural forces. No active management practices such as thinning will be applied to these
areas to develop or enhance old growth attributes." The Houston Sierra Club has been
advocating for FOG designation in SHNF for 12 years. (Mar 08) More==>
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February News:
February Bayou Banner
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2008 News:
Club Notes
ICO
Youth
General Conservation
Making All Gulf Towns "Cool Cities":
Volunteer Training Blitz July 7, 8 and 9
Cool Cities, the Sierra Club’s solutions-oriented campaign to address global
warming at the local level through energy efficiency, is expanding in the Houston
metropolitan area. The campaign is forming teams to meet with all area mayors, and we're
having lunch and evening trainings on three consecutive days in July to make it easy for
everyone to participate! (Jul 08)
Guadalupe Mountains National Park Needs Your Comments
by June 16 for General Management Plan
The National Park Service (NPS) has released the Draft General Management
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP) for Guadalupe Mountains National Park (GMNP) for
public comment. This will be the first change in the GMP since 1976! Your comments are
needed to ensure that wilderness and wildlife are fully protected. (Jul 08)
I-69 / Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) Needs
Your Comments Now!
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) have proposed I-69/TTC in a Tier I, Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
that is available for public review and comment. This mammoth proposal envisions a 20-50
year building program that could cost $20 billion or more. I-69/TTC would consist of a
four lane truck toll road; a six lane passenger vehicle toll road; two freight train
tracks; two commuter rail tracks; two high-speed rail tracks; and a utility corridor for
pipelines and power-lines. (Mar 08)
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Forestry
Big Thicket National Preserve Boundary Expansion Bill,
HR 5891, Introduced by Congressman Brady
U.S. Representative Kevin Brady has introduced HR 5891 in the U.S. Congress
to expand the size of Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) from 97,000 acres to 197,000
acres. (Jul 08)
Forest Service Proposes Future Old Growth for First
Time
On December 21, 2007, for the first time since the 1996 Land and Resource
Management Plan (LRMP) was approved for the four national forests in Texas, the U.S.
Forest Service (FS) proposed designation of two areas (stands) in Sam Houston National
Forest (SHNF) as Future Old Growth (FOG). According to the LRMP FOG areas are "Areas
which have been designated to eventually become old growth. Areas will be subject only to
natural forces. No active management practices such as thinning will be applied to these
areas to develop or enhance old growth attributes." The Houston Sierra Club has been
advocating for FOG designation in SHNF for 12 years. (Mar 08)
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Transportation
Grand Parkway Toll Road Proposal Will Assault the Katy
Prairie
The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FIES) for Segment E of the Grand
Parkway (GP) toll road is out for public comment. Segment E is the part of the GP toll
road that would slash 14 miles through the Katy Prairie. The result of this proposed toll
road is the direct destruction of 500-700 acres of the Katy Prairie and the indirect
destruction of thousands of acres more of the Katy Prairie due to secondary development
fueled by construction of this unneeded "Road to Nowhere". (Jan 08)
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Watershed Management
Clean Water & Air
Habitat Preservation
July/August 2008 -
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Martin Dies, Jr. State Park Re-Opens
Joy George Receives Service Award for 2006-2007
Outings Service Awards for 2006-2007 to John Berlinghoff, John Sims and Dale Stevens
Guadalupe Mountains National Park Needs Your Comments for General Management Plan
June 2008 - (0.7mb)
TCEQ Grants Radioactive Waste Disposal Permit
2008 Marks 40th Anniversary of the Lone Star Hiking Trail
Chinquapin School on the Trail with ICO
George Batten Receives Brom Wilkin Award
Stephanie O'Leary Receives Outing Service Award
May 2008 - (0.7mb)
Sierra Club Criticizes Bush Administration's Massive Border Wall Waiver
Citizens' Transportation Coalition Wins Chapter Award
Lorraine Gibson Receives Chapter Service Award
April 2008 - (0.7mb)
Global Warming - Get it Right the First Time
Opposing the Trans-Texas Corridor
Christmas Mountains
Sierra Club National Election
March 2008 - (0.7mb)
Clean Water Restoration Act
I-69 Trans-Texas Corridor Needs Your Comments!
Forest Service Proposes Future Old Growth
The New Executive Committee
February 2008 -
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Shell Oil Lawsuit
Year of the Reef
Help Improve Bike Access on MetroRail
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