Houston Environmental News Update February 2, 2022: Black History Month, Buffalo Bayou Walking Tour, Land Bridge Tunnel Preview Party, Eco Shares: New Ecology-Friendly Economics, Are Rivers People Too?, Green Jobs and more
Bayou City Waterkeeper, which works with local communities to protect and restore our natural systems, achieve equitable policy solutions, and advance systematic change to benefit all who live within the Lower Galveston Bay watershed. is seeking a Watershed Research Fellow. The Fellow will help analyze developments across the region for impacts on wetlands and community flood risk; prepare comment letters…
Regional Councils impacted by Hurricane Harvey are developing a distribution method for allocating mitigation funds. These regional investments will work to reduce the risk of environmental disasters such as hurricanes, tropical storms and depressions, and flooding hazards. H-GAC has received $488 M in a community development block grant and is seeking input in the distribution method. Public comments will be…