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A Week for Our Waters & Communities

This week, Bayou City Waterkeeper offers opportunities for our communities to learn more about water justice, advocacy, and infrastructure. Join us for virtual lectures by community leaders, a virtual community panel on the Ike Dike, and an in-person event at Armand Bayou Nature Center connecting us to the water we advocate for. 

 
 

Virtual Lectures & Tributary Kickoff 

Tuesday, May 24 | 12 - 1:30pm 

Learn about water advocacy and water justice from Tributary honorees and community leaders Doris Brown, Danielle Goshen, and Yudith Nieto. Each honoree will present a lecture on their work and path in relation to water, followed by a Q&A from the audience. This event serves as a kickoff for the in-person event, Tributary on Saturday, May 28, 9-2 at Armand Bayou Nature Center.

 

The Ike Dike Misses the Mark

Wednesday, May 25 | 12-1:15pm 

The Ike Dike project will cost $31 billion and create $100 million in annual maintenance. Harris County taxpayers will cover $10 billion. Protections won't be ready for 20 years. Learn more at this virtual community meeting featuring advocates who have been working on the ground to push for a better solution: John Beard (Port Arthur Community Action Network); Danielle Goshen (National Wildlife Federation); Chase Porter (Lone Star Legal Aid); Joanie Steinhaus (Turtle Island Restoration Network); Moderator: Kristen Schlemmer (Bayou City Waterkeeper).

 

Tributary 

Saturday, May 28 | 9am - 2:00pm 
 

Tributary is a community event connecting to and honoring our waterways and communities we advocate for. Held at Armand Bayou Nature Center, attendees can explore the Center’s wetlands, bayou, and prairie habitats through guided hikes, kayaking, and pontoon tours. Admission to the event is free for the first 100 people. Links to sign up for guided walks, kayak and pontoon tours will be provided after registration.

Armand Bayou is unique in that all other bayous have been channelized or in some way altered, but it remains unchanged other than its restoration work. Join us for an opportunity to see our bayous as they used to be. Experience a variety of habitats and learn of a rich history of people — home to Akokisas, Native people living alongside the bayou 8,000 years ago, as evidenced by the artifacts found in recent decades.

 

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We work in Houston - the Bayou City - and across the Lower Galveston Bay watershed, which stretches from Lake Conroe down to Galveston Bay and encompasses wetlands, prairies, bayous - and our homes. As we work to protect water quality, preserve and restore wetlands, and support resilient communities, our work brings together the communities and ecosystems that make this region special. People and nature are at the heart of our work; there can be no conservation without environmental justice; nature-based solutions to flooding demand equity.

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