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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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Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter: Legislative Action Team Virtual Meeting
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION TEAM MONTHLY MEETING
Thursday, September 17, 2026; 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Central)Link to register:
September Legislative Action Team Meeting: Legislative Budget BoardThe topic for September meeting will be the Legislative Budget Board.
Early next year, Texas legislators will be debating the state budget, deciding how your taxpayer dollars will be spent for the next two years.Public hearings on the budget began this month with each agency making their requests to the Legislative Budget Board to fund the two-year budget in 2028 and 2029. The Sierra Club is supporting many of these requests, but also calling for specific investments to better protect our communities and environment.
Join us on Thursday, September 17 to learn how to get involved in advocacy that directly impacts how the state invests our money. From public testimony to written comments, to sending messages to targeted legislators, there are so many ways to make a difference.
Our 2027 Legislative Policy Platform makes it easy for you to contact your state legislators and tell them that these issues are important to you. We outline four key areas that we believe will make life a little easier, and a lot safer, for all Texans:
Clean, Reliable & Affordable Energy for All Texans
Clean Air, Water & Healthy Communities
Protecting Texas Lands, Wildlife & Coasts
Sustainable Water & Climate ResilienceThere's a lot to talk about, so here is a blog about it:
Texas Legislature Heats Up with New Charges and Upcoming Hearings | Sierra ClubPhoto Texas State Capitol courtesy of Al Braden
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Big Thicket Day October 10th
Colliers Ferry Park, 5390 Pine Street, 77703, Beaumont, TX, USSierrans and the public are invited to come to “Big Thicket Day” on Saturday, October 10, 2026, 11:30 am to 2 pm, at Colliers Ferry Park, Beaumont, Texas, to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of “Big Thicket National Preserve” (BTNP).
This will be the 62nd anniversary of the “Big Thicket Association” so you have two reasons to come and join in the family friendly festivities along with the National Park Service and others.
For those who haven’t heard, BTNP was the first “National Preserve” that the U.S. Congress created. This legislation has saved about 113,000 acres in Southeast Texas where part of the legendary “Big Thicket” is.
There are beautiful floodplain forests, cypress-tupelo swamps, Longleaf Pine savannahs and grasslands, American Beech-Southern Magnolia-Loblolly Pine slope forests, Village Creek, the Neches River, and much more in BTNP.
For “Big Thicket Day” the focus will be on the Neches River and Big Thicket nature, history, and community. There will be free entertainment, food, rides on the “Ivory Bill” pontoon boat, exhibitors, and more.
For more information about “Big Thicket Day”, as October 10th approaches, visit the Big Thicket Association’s website at www.bigthicket.org.
Enjoy, protect, and cherish our BTNP and the National Park System. See you there for fun and festivities on October 10th, Colliers Ferry Park, Beaumont, Texas!
5 attendeesVisit the Coast for Birds and Wildlife
Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area, Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area, Anahuac, TX 77514, USA, Anahuac, TX, USOn Saturday, October 24, 2026, 9:30 am, the Houston Sierra Club will meet at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area (WMA) at Smith Point, Chambers County. We’ll visit a “Hawk Watch” observation platform to look for raptors and other birds. We’ll also drive to Trinity Bay and look for shorebirds.
We’ll then drive to Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (formerly Anahuac) to eat our lunches, bird, and enjoy the natural scenery. If time permits, on our way home, we’ll visit the Texas Chenier Plain Refuge Complex Office and enjoy a board walk through a cypress swamp on Lake Anahuac.
The link below has a participant sign-in agreement (liability waiver). Please read this before this outing so you know what it says and can sign-in quickly at the WMA and we can proceed with the outing. Sign-Up Sheet 2-2020.pdf (sierraclub.org)
If anyone has COVID symptoms or is sick don’t come! We want everyone to be safe. You’ll be with people who are vaccinated/unvaccinated. It’s your choice to participate on this outing.
Group size is limited to 20 people. Bring water, lunch, snacks, sunscreen, hat, field guides, binoculars, spotting scopes, cameras, bug repellent, and comfortable shoes/clothes. Long pants are recommended. It may be hot!
Those who want to carpool/caravan meet at 7:30 a.m. in the parking lot west of Starbucks in Meyerland Plaza (4700 block of Beechnut, south side, near West Loop South). Look for a gray Honda CRV.
Your leader, Brandt Mannchen, can be contacted at 281-570-7212 or via email: brandt_mannchen@comcast.net.
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