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Houston Sierra Club (local branch of the Sierra Club) holds outings for outdoor activities: hiking, camping, bicycling, backpacking, kayaking, etc. These include local one-day events, weekend trips, and week long trips to National Parks and other destinations.
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See all- Drive Electric Week: In-person & On-line Events, Sept. 21, & Sept. 27 - Oct. 6Link visible for attendees
National Drive Electric Week, Sept. 21, then Sep 27-Oct 6, 2024, is an annual nationwide celebration to raise awareness of the many benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. Are you considering going electric? RSVP for an in-person or online event to learn from owners who have done so! Some of the online events focus on specific topics, which are listed. The link below takes one to a search engine for the various in-person and online events. Sierra Club is one of the sponsors of National Drive Electric Week.
Link for online and in-person events:
Attend National Drive Electric WeekAs of Sept. 16, the following local in-person events are listed:
Air Terminal Museum, Hobby Airport, Saturday, 9/21, 10am - 3pm
1940 Air Terminal Museum, Houston, TXFriendswood, TX on Saturday, 9/28 (This may have been cancelled)
Go to link above for further details for each.Note: Additional in-person events may be added during the month of September. Check the link for new additions in mid to late September.
Note: Online events often have specific themes or topics. Check the individual event description for details. Online events are also NOT listed sequentially by date. Scroll through the list for the date of each event.
Drive Electric Week - Home page:
National Drive Electric Week - Houston IN-PERSON Meeting: The Wildlife Center of Texas Rehabilitation ProgramUnited Way Greater Houston, Houston, TX
Note: This will be an IN-PERSON event!
Thursday, October 10
Location: United Way of Greater Houston, 50 Waugh Drive
(Parking entrance off Feagan St., more detail below)
Doors open at 7:00 pm for social time, meet & greet.
Featured program presentation starts at 7:30 pm.
Everyone is welcome.Featured October Program:
Rescuing Nature’s Treasures: The Wildlife Center of Texas Rehabilitation ProgramThe Houston SPCA’s Wildlife Center of Texas is one of the largest wildlife care facilities in the country and cares for more than 12,000 native Texas animals each year. In this presentation attendees will receive a glimpse of what this amazing organization does to help injured, ill, and orphaned wildlife return to their natural environments. Presenters, Monica Jarisch, Jean Watson, and Randolph Watson will share stories about some of the interesting cases that have entered their doors and provide tips on how people can coexist peacefully with our wild neighbors.
Come meet some wildlife! The Wildlife Ambassadors include a Red-tailed Hawk, a Harris’s Hawk, a Northern Crested Caracara, and a Great Horned Owl. Come have an up close and personal encounter with some native Texas wildlife. The ambassadors are for education purposes and are non-releasable because they would be unable to survive in the wild. The Wildlife Center holds special education permits, which allows them to be kept in captivity. Q&A will follow the presentation.
Website: Wildlife Center of Texas - Houston SPCA
Note: If you have concerns about Covid transmission, please feel free to attend wearing a mask.
The meeting will be at The United Way of Greater Houston.
50 Waugh Dr (corner of Waugh and Feagan)
Houston, TX 77007
On arrival check for the room number at reception area. The room assignment will be on the monitor located in the hallway entrance.Free parking in the garage. Enter garage from Feagan St.
Please do not park in any of the reserved spots in the garage, and don't park in the lot across the street. There are four levels in the United Way parking garage. From the first level come through the glass doors to the main entrance and reception area. If you are on any of the other levels, you may take the elevator, and you will be at the main entrance.There is METRO bus access via the #40 bus on Waugh Dr./South Heights Blvd. or the #85 bus on Washington Ave.
Harris's Hawk photo courtesy of Linda Mundwiller.
- Visit Sheldon Lake State Park in OctoberSheldon Lake State Park, Houston, TX
On Saturday, October 12, 2024, the Houston Sierra Club will visit the 2,800-acre Sheldon Lake State Park (SLSP) in Northeast Harris County at 9 am. This park has a 1,230-acre lake on Carpenters Bayou. We will see wildlife, wildflowers, and lush forests, prairies, and wetlands.
Bring a daypack, 3 qts. of water, snacks, lunch, camera, field guides, insect repellent, hat, and clothes to suit the weather. Long pants are recommended. The weather will be warm, and we may encounter mosquitoes. No pets/firearms/radios. We’ll put our cell phones on vibrate and enjoy the solitude/quiet/natural sounds of SLSP.
Contact your Sierra Club leader, Brandt Mannchen, at 281-570-7212 or email brandt_mannchen@comcast.net. We will meet at the entrance to SLSP, 14140 Garrett Rd., Houston, Tx. 77004, at 9 am. Directions are:- Go N. on Beltway 8 and exit at Garrett Rd.
- Turn rt. on Garrett Rd. and proceed 2 miles.
- Turn rt. onto Park Rd. 138 and then immediately turn rt. into a small parking lot.
- We meet at this parking lot.
The link below has the Sierra Club participant sign-in agreement (liability waiver). Please read this before the outing so you know what it says. We will sign-in quickly at Hudson Woods and then proceed with the outing. Sign-Up Sheet 2-2020.pdf (sierraclub.org)
If anyone has COVID symptoms/is sick don’t come! We want everyone to be safe. By going on this outing, we will potentially be hiking with individuals who are vaccinated and unvaccinated. It’s each person’s choice to participate on this outing.
For those who want to carpool, meet Brandt at Starbucks, Meyerland Plaza, at 7:30 am. I have a “steel” colored Honda Accord Hybrid (PXL 9133) and will be parked just west of the Starbucks. My phone number is 281-570-7212. Don’t be late!
- Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Program to be announcedLink visible for attendees
The October meeting will be conducted via Zoom.
Starts 6:30 pm for social time; 7:00 pm for program.
Here is the link for the meeting on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4168201898?pwd=MzBpZ2hvUVFMckw4anlldTh6Tkh3dz09October Meeting Program:
Speaker will be Dr. Mohamed L. Shalaby, a cardiologist in Webster, Texas.
Additional program information will be posted when available.Bay Area meetings are on 3rd Wednesday of the month, and start at 6:30pm for social hour; speaker and discussion from 7-8:30 pm