Parks

Title: May Trail Maintenance on Tarkington Section of Lone Star Hiking Trail
Location: Tarkington Section of the Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT), Sam Houston National Forest
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Description: On Saturday, May 15, 2010, the Houston Sierra Club will conduct trail maintenance on the Tarkington Section of the Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT) in Sam Houston National Forest. We will conduct about 2.0 miles of trail maintenance. May is a warm, but a beautiful time to enjoy the woods. Bring a lopper, machete, swing-blade, saw, or similar tool to trim branches and low growing vegetation. If you do not have a tool we have extra ones. Bring a daypack, two quarts of water, hat, lunch, and hiking shoes. Long pants are highly recommended!!! Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot behind the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) at I-45 North and Greens Road. Look for a green Nissan mini-van. To get to the parking lot, enter the feeder off I-45 North via the Greens Road exit and then pass through the traffic signal at Greens Road. Turn right into the first strip center you come to (look for Brown Sugar’s Barbecue) and drive to the end of the strip center. The parking lot behind IHOP is on the right. Call Jane Prentiss at 713-201-5755 or email her at lshttrailboss@yahoo.com for additional details. Please supply your name and contact information should we need to make changes.
Start Time: 08:00
Date: 2010-05-15

Title: April Trail Maintenance Visits Stubblefield South
Location: tubblefield Section of the Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT), Sam Houston National Forest
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Description: On Saturday, April 17, 2010, the Houston Sierra Club will conduct trail maintenance on the Stubblefield Section of the Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT), south of FM 1375, in Sam Houston National Forest. We will conduct about 2.0 miles of trail maintenance. April is a beautiful month to hike and we should a grand time. Bring a lopper, machete, swing-blade, saw, or similar tool to trim branches and low growing vegetation. If you do not have a tool we have extra ones. Bring a daypack, two quarts of water, hat, lunch, and hiking shoes. Long pants are highly recommended!!! Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot behind the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) at I-45 North and Greens Road. Look for a green Nissan mini-van. To get to the parking lot, enter the feeder off I-45 North via the Greens Road exit and then pass through the traffic signal at Greens Road. Turn right into the first strip center you come to (look for Brown Sugar’s Barbecue) and drive to the end of the strip center. The parking lot behind IHOP is on the right. Call Jane Prentiss at 713-201-5755 or email her at lshttrailboss@yahoo.com for additional details. Please supply your name and contact information should we need to make changes.
Start Time: 08:00
Date: 2010-04-17

Title: February Trail Maintenance Visits Little Lake Creek Wilderness Area
Location: Pole Creek Trail of the Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT), in Sam Houston National Forest
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Description: On Saturday, February 20, 2010, the Houston Sierra Club will conduct trail maintenance in Little Lake Creek Wilderness Area, on the Pole Creek Trail of the Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT), in Sam Houston National Forest. We will conduct about 2.0 miles of trail maintenance. Bring a lopper, machete, swing-blade, saw, or similar tool to trim branches and low growing vegetation. If you do not have a tool we have extra ones. Bring a daypack, two quarts of water, hat, lunch, and hiking shoes. Long pants are highly recommended!!! The weather should be delightfully cool. Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot behind the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) at I-45 North and Greens Road. Look for a green Nissan mini-van. To get to the parking lot, enter the feeder off I-45 North via the Greens Road exit and then pass through the traffic signal at Greens Road. Turn right into the first strip center you come to (look for Brown Sugar’s Barbecue) and drive to the end of the strip center. The parking lot behind IHOP is on the right. Call Jane Prentiss at 713-201-5755 or email her at lshttrailboss@yahoo.com for additional details. Please supply your name and contact information should we need to make changes.
Start Time: 08:00
Date: 2010-02-20

Title: March Trail Maintenance Visits Stubblefield North
Location: Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT), in Sam Houston National Forest
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Description: On Saturday, March 20, 2010, the Houston Sierra Club will conduct trail maintenance on the Stubblefield North part of the Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT), in Sam Houston National Forest. We will conduct about 2.0 miles of trail maintenance. Bring a lopper, machete, swing-blade, saw, or similar tool to trim branches and low growing vegetation. If you do not have a tool we have extra ones. Bring a daypack, two quarts of water, hat, lunch, and hiking shoes. Long pants are highly recommended!!! The weather should be delightfully cool. Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot behind the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) at I-45 North and Greens Road. Look for a green Nissan mini-van. To get to the parking lot, enter the feeder off I-45 North via the Greens Road exit and then pass through the traffic signal at Greens Road. Turn right into the first strip center you come to (look for Brown Sugar’s Barbecue) and drive to the end of the strip center. The parking lot behind IHOP is on the right. Call Jane Prentiss at 713-201-5755 or email her at lshttrailboss@yahoo.com for additional details. Please supply your name and contact information should we need to make changes.
Start Time: 08:00
Date: 2010-03-20

Title: Houston Audubon W. 11th St. Park Bird Survey
Location: 2600 West 11th Street, Houston, 77008
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Description: Houston Audubon is sponsoring bird surveys on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Mary Dodson is leading the surveys. Please meet Mary at 8:30 AM (7:00 AM in June, July and August) on the Shelterwood side of the park. The park is located at 2600 West 11th Street, Houston, 77008. Birders are asked to record their sightings on Texas Texas eBird. John Berner has established an hotspot name for bird sighting data there. For more information visit http://houstonaudubon.org/.
Start Time: 8:30
Date: 2010-02-16

Title: 7th Annual Buffalo Planting on the Parkway
Location: Buffalo Bend Nature Park
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Description: The Bayou Buddies and Trees for Houston Redbuds will be planting native trees on the Parkway. There is a suggested donation of $10 for nonmembers.
For more information about the 7th Annual Planting on the Parkway, email jgaines@buffalobayou.org
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2010-01-09
End Time: 15:00

The Sierra Club is hosting TPWD’s Kevin Good on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 6:30 pm for refreshments, 7 pm presentation on “Texas State Parks Priorities in the 81st Legislature: What You Need To Know”. (more…)

By Ella Tyler

The agenda for the upcoming session of the Texas Legislature will be dense with bills that, directly or indirectly, affect the quality of the environment in Texas. More than 50 bills have already been filed that match the criteria “environment” on the legislature’s online bill search.

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Early voting for the November 6th General Election begins Monday, October 22, and continues until Friday, November 3. Voters across the state will have the opportunity to vote for an amendment (Proposition 4) to the Texas Constitution that will allow bonds to be sold to finance repairs and improvements at state parks. (more…)

The city of Houston is proposing an ordinance that would require developers of new housing projects to set aside a certain amount of land for parks or make a contribute to allow the city to purchase park land. (more…)

June 2 is National Trails Day, when more than 1,000 groups across the country host events to celebrate trails and the outdoors. At least ten parks in the greater Houston area will get special attention that morning.Keep Houston Beautiful, The Park People, and Houston Parks and Recreation Department have teamed up with ExxonMobil & Shell Oil Company to present the Second Annual “On the Trail of Trash”. (more…)

By Evelyn Merz, Houston Sierra Club

There will be a press conference and rally on Tuesday, March 27th on the south steps of the Capitol in Austin to call for Gov. Perry, Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, and Speaker Craddick to preserve and fund the Texas State Park System. (more…)

By Sarah Gish
(Author of The Summer Book: A Guide to Houston Day Camps and Classes for Kids and Teens)

Summertime is a great time for kids, a nerve-wracking time for parents. It’s also a time for kids to explore their passions and to learn new things. (more…)

By Ella Tyler

Even if the Houston area’s winter weather has been benevolent compared to the weather in other places, it has been chilly and wet too long for most of us. However, sun and warmer temperatures are in our forecast, so skip the Presidents’ Day sales and go outside and play. (more…)

By Ella Tyler

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s 2005 proposal to sell 46,000 acres of Big Bend State Park called the public’s attention to the state parks funding crisis in a way that broken showers, staff shortages, and dilapidated buildings did not. (more…)

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department transferred Lake Houston State Park to the city of Houston at 10 am this morning. The park, 4,919.5 acres, is located in New Caney, thirty miles north of Houston. (more…)

By Ella Tyler

The Houston Outdoor Group and the Piney Woods Wildlife Society are each sponsoring day trips to the Big Thicket on Saturday, May 13. The Big Thicket seems like this impossibly mysterious place in East Texas. (more…)