National Trails Day - June 1st

When: Saturday, June 1st
9 am - 11:30 am

Where: 100 - Acre Wood Preserve

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Click here for directions from Beltway 8 and Highway 249

National Trails Day celebrates the thousands of miles of great public trails our country has to offer. In honor of this day, Bayou Land Conservancy invites you to join us along with the Harris County Pct. 4 Parks Department at the new 100-Acre Wood Preserve. Our main sponsor, Houston Endowment, and other partners including: REI, GHORBA, and the Cypress Creek Flood Control Coalition will also be in attendance. Houston History Magazine will also be there with copies of their latest edition – with the cover story on the Spring Creek and Cypress Creek Greenway history (photos and articles by Bayou Land Conservancy!)

Bring your family, friends and neighbors to introduce yourself to, and work on this new two-mile trail system that is free and open to the public!

For more information view our most recent newsletter here.

Save Deer Park Prairie

Deer Park Prairie is a 50-acre patch of high quality "Cajun Prairie" that has never been plowed. The Texas Parks and Wildlife botanist and plant ecologist described the site as a Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie that is extremely rare in both Louisiana and Texas. This prairie community has only been documented in Chambers County (Winnie and Middleton Prairies) and Harris County (Deer Park Prairie) in Texas. Its status is: Global Rank: G1S1. G1 means it is at very high risk of extinction due to extreme rarity, with often 5 or fewer known populations; S1 means there are fewer than 5 occurrences known in Texas.

To see photos of the prairie, and learn how you can help ensure that it remains for generations to come, please visit savecollegeparkprairie.ning.com

Help with our on-the-ground Conservation Efforts

Interested in learning how you can provide real on the ground assistance to conservation efforts? Contact Bayou Land Conservancy to see how you can learn how to perform annual monitoring surveys on over 10,000 acres in the Houston Region!

Helping to make 2013 Greener - Tree Planting Jan. 26th

Our tree planting on Saturday, January 26, 2013 was a huge success! We were able to help plant 200 native trees in a variety of habitats at our Little Cypress Creek Preserve. Thanks to Apache Corporation for donating the trees.

Texas Bottle Bill News

Click here to read the Cypress Creek Mirror's article about the Texas Bottle Bill and efforts to clean up our area waterways.

Canoes, The Creek, and the Commissioner

Bayou Land Conservancy had another gorgeous evening canoe event on Spring Creek on Saturday, October 20th.

See photos from the event here.

We were thrilled to have again Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle join us as we paddled down Spring Creek to the juncture of Cypress Creek.

Member attendees enjoyed seeing tiger beetles and water striders that were found at the sandy bars where we stopped and our young adventurers made sand angels!

Become a member today and sign up to attend our upcoming adventures in 2013!

Watershed Event Gala
10-11-12