July 25, 2025

Bayou Preservation Association seeks Watershed Stewards (4 positions)

Bayou Preservation and partners are seeking four Watershed Stewards to support Houston’s bayous and its resource-limited communities. Stewards will collaborate with local nonprofits to plan volunteer events, lead outreach activities, and share educational resources about watershed health and community resilience. This paid position provides hands-on experience inenvironmental outreach, event support, and conservationeducation, along with opportunities for professionaltraining and networking.Make a…

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July 23, 2025

Living on the Edge with Mangroves

Living on the Edge with Mangroves by Susie Hairston When I saw that International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem was coming up on July 26th my mind immediately went to the Sundarbans, located in India and Bangladesh where the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers meet and form a delta in the Bay of Bengal. The Sundarbans is…

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July 15, 2025

Celebrating Sharks

by Susie Hairston Ever since the movie Jaws came out, a large portion of the American public has viewed sharks in a negative light — as scary killers rather than the keystone species critical to the health of ocean ecosystems and thus fisheries humans rely on for food and jobs that they actually are. We have been taught to look at sharks…

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