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Start Here: Know Your Bayous? NOW LIVE!

Bayou Preservation Association’s Start Here: Know Your Bayous campaign is now live on all interactive kiosks around Houston, thanks to the incredible support of HAA and IKE Smart City! Learn about your local bayous, discover free events with us, and find ways to get involved—all in one place. Stop by one today and begin your bayou journey!

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Targeted Bacteria Monitoring Project

Launched in 2019, the Targeted Bacteria Monitoring Project focuses on tracking bacteria pollution in the Houston-Galveston area, with efforts concentrated on high-priority sites like Sim’s Bayou. Bayou Preservation Association (BPA) has partnered with Student Conservation Association (SCA) interns on this initiative, which is funded by the Galveston Bay Estuary Program to identify pollution sources and help local authorities take action. Read more about the project through Back the Bay’s article.

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Reflecting on 2024: A Letter to Our Supporters

From Our President & CEO, Brittani Flowers, MUEP

As the holiday season approaches, I’m filled with gratitude for Houston’s bayous—a living tapestry of resilience and beauty—and for champions like you who help protect them. Together, we are transforming these vital waterways into sanctuaries teeming with life, places where nature thrives and our community finds connection, solace, and inspiration.

Bayou Preservation Board of Director, Blake Coleman, Talks Sidewalks and Connectivity. 

Big part of city’s sidewalks not ‘good’

In the city data, which dates back to late 2022, all of Houston’s sidewalks were placed into one of three categories: good, fair or poor. About 3,500 miles of sidewalks are in good condition, or 61% of the 5,800-mile sidewalk network. The other nearly 40% of the network is in fair (37%) or poor condition (2%).

A poor sidewalk network not only presents accessibility concerns, but it can also diminish quality of life.

“No one experiences life through a car. It’s the times you get out of a car and experience things that add value to your life,” said Blake Coleman, a principal at landscape and urban planning firm TBG Partners in Houston.

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Bayou Preservation's Resiliency at Home Workshops

Featured in Natural Awakenings Magazine!

Bayou Preservation Association is excited to announce that our summer workshop series, Resiliency at Home, has been featured in an article by Natural Awakenings magazine!

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Natural Awakenings is a holistic living magazine that empowers readers to create healthy and sustainable lifestyles. The article highlights our workshops as a valuable resource for Houstonians interested in learning about nature-based solutions for their homes and communities.

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Our FREE Resiliency at Home workshops offer engaging, hands-on sessions that cover a variety of topics related to green stormwater infrastructure, water management, and environmental sustainability. Each workshop includes practical instruction, hands-on activities, and a kit at no cost (while supplies last) to help you get started implementing what you learn.

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Workshop Schedule:

  • Pollinator Gardens Workshop: June 15th, 10 am - 12 pm (Register Now!)

  • Yard Waste Workshop: July 20th, 10 am - 12 pm

  • Rain Harvesting Workshop: August 17th, 10 am - 12 pm

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All workshops are held at the Kashmere Multi-Service Center (4802 Lockwood Dr, Houston, TX 77026) on the third Saturday of the month.

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Visit our events page here to learn more and register today!

Bayou Preservation Group Offers a Surprisingly Simple Way to Reduce Landfill, Waterway Waste

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HOUSTON’S BAYOUS ARE finally being treated like the nature-filled gems that they are, and one local organization wants to ensure that future generations get to enjoy the waterways.

The Bayou Preservation Association celebrated the opening of its first permanent collection bin for its Pots for Plots program, which encourages the recycling of single-use plastic plant pots and helps ensure that they don’t end up in landfills and bayous.

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Bayou Preservation's Year-End Letter

From Our President & CEO, Brittani Flowers, MUEP

As the year comes to an end, we wanted to share with you the progress and achievements we've made in protecting and nurturing our bayous and the communities they support. It's been a year of progress, hope, meaningful change — and we couldn't have done it without you. Thank you for your unwavering support and dedication to our mission of protecting the natural resources of Houston.

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MORTON SAGER

Meet the creator of our Pots for Plots program, Morton Sager!
 
Morton is our Project Coordinator here at Bayou Preservation Association, and an all-around interesting guy. He likes green initiatives and long walks on the beach. Our partners at Small Places Finca Tres Robels Farm had the chance to get to know him a little better — Now you can too!

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BPA Featured in Paper City Magazine: 16 Notable Houston Parties Worth Remembering — A Look Back at This Most Charitable City’s Social Swirl

Boots on the Bayou Gala

Bayou Preservation Association’s highly-anticipated gala brought 150-plus guests, decked out in their finest Western wear, to The Ballroom at Bayou Place for an evening of dining, line dancing and giving. The generous support of sponsors including John P. McGovern Foundation, The Howard Hughes Corporation, TBG partners and SSCI Environmental will allow Bayou Preservation Association to continue its work to preserve Houston’s beloved and essential bayous and streams. Read Full Story  

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JONATHAN PAUL JACKSON

Bayou Preservation Association's first Artist Mixer and Auction at Foltz Fine Art Gallery was a joyous and magnificent gathering!

 

The one-night-only event featuring nature-inspired work by Houston artist Jonathan Paul Jackson was held on Thursday, December 8th, from 6 pm - 8 pm. It was a beautiful union of art lovers and bayou aficionados sharing their appreciation for art and the bayous.

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SARA WELCH

As a part of the Challenger Seven Memorial Park restoration project, Bayou Preservation has recognized the need to educate park users on the importance of riparian habits. To that end, Bayou Preservation teamed up with local artist Sara Welch to create engaging interpretative signage. 

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At Bayou Preservation Association, we work to celebrate, protect, and restore Houston's bayous. Through a science-based approach to policies and actions, led by collaboration, we work to restore a network of healthy bayous, streams and watersheds.

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