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SUMMARY:Nature Based Solutions Workshop in North East Houston
DESCRIPTION:Bayou City Waterkeeper and Stanford University invite you to an interactive workshop focused on flooding issues in your community. We’ll review survey results from Baytown and North East Houston residents\, walk participants through a custom dashboard\, and show how it can be used to advocate for equitable flooding infrastructure and investment. Light refreshments will be provided. This workshop is intended for North East Houston residents. Attendance is limited so please register early to secure your spot. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER
URL:https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/event/nature-based-solutions-workshop-in-north-east-houston/
LOCATION:Carl Walker\, Jr. Multi-purpose Center\, 4300 Noble St B\, Houston\, TX 77020
CATEGORIES:Bayou City Waterkeeper Event
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SUMMARY:Ingraham Gully Clean Up Day
DESCRIPTION:Help the Fifth Ward community improve its drainage ability by volunteering\, on Saturday\, October 18 to clear this 156 year old\, abandoned\, waterway. \nMake sure to register to join us! Please note that this event is for ages 16 and up.
URL:https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/event/ingraham-gully-clean-up-day/
LOCATION:Ingraham Gully\, 4014 Market St.\, Houston\, 77020
CATEGORIES:Community Partner Event
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SUMMARY:Baytown Community Organizing Summit 2025: Petrochemical Facilities
DESCRIPTION:Sr. Legal Director and Waterkeeper Kristen Schlemmer will participate in the “Legal Lay of the Land” panel at the Baytown Community Organizing Summit on Saturday October 18. Learn more and register for the event here.
URL:https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/event/baytown-community-organizing-summit-2025-petrochemical-facilities/
LOCATION:Baytown Community Center\, 2407 Market St\, Baytown\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Partner Event
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SUMMARY:Nature Based Solutions Workshop in Baytown
DESCRIPTION:Bayou City Waterkeeper and Stanford University invite you to an interactive workshop focused on flooding issues in your community. We’ll review survey results from Baytown and North East Houston residents\, walk participants through a custom dashboard\, and show how it can be used to advocate for equitable flooding infrastructure and investment. Light refreshments will be provided. This workshop is intended for Baytown residents. Attendance is limited so please register early to secure your spot. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER
URL:https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/event/nature-based-solutions-workshop-in-baytown/
LOCATION:Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Education and Recreation Center\, 1724 Market St.\, Baytown\, TX\, 77520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251104T130000
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SUMMARY:Nature-Based Solutions Virtual Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Bayou City Waterkeeper and Stanford University’s Doerr School of Sustainability for a virtual workshop exploring how wetland restoration can reduce flooding and strengthen community resilience in the Houston region. \nThis session will share new research and modeling results from our ongoing collaboration\, led by Dr. Elliott White Jr. and Dr. Diana Moanga. Using the InVEST Urban Flood Risk Mitigation Model\, the team evaluated how restoring wetlands in Northeast Houston and Baytown can improve stormwater retention and reduce flood risk\, highlighting the critical role of wetlands in building climate resilience and addressing inequities in flood exposure. \nDate: Monday\, November 4Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM (CT)\nRegister Here 
URL:https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/event/nature-based-solutions-virtual-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Bayou City Waterkeeper Event,Community Partner Event
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SUMMARY:TXPIELC 2025: Community Action Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the TXPIELC 2025 Community Action Day at Texas Southern University We welcome community members and lawyers to join us for a series of panels and speakers on Saturday\, November 15\, 2025. This event is part of the Texas Public Interest Environmental Law Conference\, a two-day continuing legal education event for public interest attorneys and community members interested in environmental justice in Texas. Day one will consist of invitation-only talks and panels for attorneys\, and day two is open to the public. We are in the process of obtaining CLE credit and are anticipating four hours of CLE credit for this day. \nRegister for the second day here. (Note: If you have received an invitation to attend this first day and plan to attend\, please do not use this form to register.) \n 
URL:https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/event/txpielc-2025-community-action-day/
LOCATION:Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University\, 3100 Cleburne St\, HOUSTON\, TX\, 77004\, United States
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SUMMARY:Concerns of the Community event in Baytown
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URL:https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/event/concerns-of-the-community-event-in-baytown/
LOCATION:Baytown Community Center\, 2407 Market St\, Baytown\, TX\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Concerns of the Community":MAILTO:concernsofthecommunity@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Take Action: Protect Galveston’s West End Community and Ecosystem
DESCRIPTION:Testify or submit comments to the Galveston Planning Commission\nAgainst Approval of PUD #26P-009 (Discovery Sands)\nBackground\nA 351-acre real estate development\, known as “Discovery Sands”\, has been proposed next\nto Jamaica Beach in Galveston’s West End. The project will place 733 new lots\, 213 condos\,\nand a tourist attraction immediately next to the beach in an ecologically sensitive area.\nThe developer is requesting approval of Planned Urban Development (PUD) #26P-009\,\nalong with exemptions that would allow them to bypass standard safety and\nenvironmental rules\, including: \n\nElimination of minimum lot size and setback requirements;\nIncrease to allowable building heights\,\nReduction of maximum density\, lighting\, and parking requirements\, and\nCreation of private streets\n\nThese changes would allow high-density development in an area that has received decades of public investment in marsh restoration and storm protection. \nWhy This Matters\n\nThreatens Public Investments: The development will potentially put at risk millions of\ndollars of approximately 100 acres of marsh restoration efforts that happened over a\n20-year time period using public funding.\nWeakens Storm Protection and Flood Risk: The development will destroy wetlands and other\nnatural features that would otherwise serve as protection from storm surge\,\nincreasing the risks and costs associated with coastal hurricanes.\nEndangers Wildlife & Protected Habitat: The development will destroy federally protected wetlands\,\ninterrupt the migration and habitat of sea turtles\, and the habitat of federally\nprotected black rail birds.\nStrains Infrastructure Capacity: The project lifts limits on density and removes key protections\nwithout providing evidence that Galveston’s water\, sewage systems\, drainage\,\ntransportation\, and emergency services can handle the full development and\nincreased tourism in this area.\nWeakens Community Integrity: The development could alter the identity of Galveston’s west\nend by undermining the coastal characteristics and set a precedent for more high\ndensity projects in the Galveston region.\n\nTake Action: Testify or Submit a Comment to Galveston’s Planning Commission\n\nSubmit Written Comments (5-Minute Option)  before the March 3 Planning Commission Meeting\n\n Submit a comment online here (use the drop-down menu to select PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING\, AND REFERENCE CASE 26P-009); OR\nEmail your comment to planningcounter@galvestontx.gov with the subject line “Comments to Case 26P-009.” Use the talking points below.\n\n\nTestify In Person\n\nShow up and speak for 3 minutes on Tuesday\, March 3 at 3:30pm at the Planning Commission’s meeting at City Hall\, 823 Rosenberg St\, 2nd floor\, Galveston\, Texas 77554. Use the talking points below to highlight the issues most important to you.\n\n\n\nCheck out our ACTION GUIDE for talking points and more information
URL:https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/event/take-action-protect-galvestons-west-end-community-and-ecosystem/
LOCATION:Galveston City Hall\, 823 Rosenberg St\, 2nd floor\, Galveston\, TX\, 77554\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bayou City Waterkeeper Event
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SUMMARY:River Network State Policy Showcase: State Funding Programs for Water
DESCRIPTION:From River Network: \nSome states have created comprehensive initiatives to address their most pressing water issues in combination with sustained funding. Texas’ recent Prop 4 ballot initiative\, which was passed by voters in November 2025\, dedicates $1 billion per year for the next 20 years to Texas Water Fund\, a state fund established to finance water projects in Texas. In Delaware\, the Clean Water Initiative for Underserved Communities\, funded through the Clean Water Trust\, delivers critical support to infrastructure projects.  \nIn our next State Policy Showcase we will be joined by Usman Mahmood\, Policy Analyst\, Bayou City Waterkeeper\, and Mark Nardone\, Director of Advocacy at Delaware Nature Society\, who will tell us about state-level water funding initiatives in Texas and Delaware.   \nIn both case studies\, we will hear about the nuts-and-bolts of each state’s water funding policy as well as the strategies and enabling conditions that led their state leaders and voters to act.  \nFollowing the case studies\, we’ll have an open group discussions on where these types of policies might be ripe in other states\, barriers and roadblocks you’re likely to encounter\, strategies you’d use to overcome barriers\, windows of opportunity you’d look for\, coalitions you’d want to build\, and other strategies you see are needed to successfully advance water funding policy.  \nPlease join us on Wednesday\, March 25th at 3 pm ET (2:00 pm CT) for our next State Policy Showcase on state funding programs for water. REGISTER today. 
URL:https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/event/river-network-state-policy-showcase-state-funding-programs-for-water/
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SUMMARY:National Water Dance
DESCRIPTION:Two groups of local dancers are participating in this year’s National Water Dance: \nIn Houston\, join the TerraForm(ed) Collective on April 18th at 3 pm for Nature Stories\, a performance in conjunction with National Water Dance. This national movement draws attention to the fragility of our waters and move with one voice for responsible stewardship of our Earth. The dance will guide the public through Midtown Park and the community will be invited to add their own “Nature Stories” to the chalkboard in response to the dance they are witnessing. April 18th at 3 pm in Midtown Park | Free and open to the public \nIn Galveston\, join the Wild She Dances contemporary dance company on April 18th at 3pm. For updates on the location for this free event\, check out https://www.instagram.com/wildshedances.
URL:https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/event/national-water-dance/
CATEGORIES:Community Partner Event
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SUMMARY:Save the date: Annual Tributary Event
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day on the water at Armand Bayou Nature Center on May 30 at 9am. More information coming soon!
URL:https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/event/save-the-date-annual-tributary-event/
LOCATION:Armand Bayou Nature Center\, 8500 Bay Area Boulevard\, Pasadena\, TX\, 77507\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bayou City Waterkeeper Event
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