FACILITATORS NEEDED FOR CITIZENS’ CONGRESS

Blueprint Houston is conducting three more training sessions for facilitators for the Citizens’ Congress II, which will take place on May 6. The event gathers citizens and community leaders for discussions of the best way to prepare for future growth and development. Facilitators will lead small group discussions.

Environmental Headlines, April 22-28, 2006

FEMA NEEDS TO BE SCRAPPED, SENATORS SAY Houston Chronicle 4/26/06 WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency was so fundamentally dysfunctional during Hurricane Katrina that Congress should abolish it and create a new disaster response agency from scratch, a draft bipartisan Senate report has concluded. KEY RECOMMENDATIONS BY KATRINA INQUIRY BUSH ACTS TO EASE HIGH GASOLINE PRICES Houston Chronicle 4/25/06…

Nature Discovery Center – Lunch with the Birds

Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2006 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Look for spring migrants in Russ Pitman Park. Warblers, vireos, yellow-billed cuckoos, orioles, thrushes and buntings are just a few of the migrants you may see. Location: Meet on the front porch at 12 noon Nature Discovery Center 7112 Newcastle in Russ Pitman Park, Bellaire, TX Contact: (713) 667-6550…