The Woodlands G.R.E.E.N: “Galveston Bay Report Card” How We Can Help

The Woodlands G.R.E.E.N. is sponsoring a Going Green Sustainability Lecture titled  “Galveston Bay Report Card; How we can help” to be held at the offices of the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), located at 8801 Gosling Road, The Woodlands, on Thursday, January 30, at 7:00 p.m.  Dr. Erin Kinney, (“HARC”) will be our guest speaker.

Topic: Dr. Kinney will be presenting on the latest Galveston Bay Report Card and how the Galveston Bay watershed is connected to the rivers, bayous, and the bay.  Dr. Kinney will be covering what we can learn about Spring Creek and the West and East Forks of the San Jacinto River watersheds from the Report Card and how each of us can support our waterways, our watersheds, and ultimately the Galveston Bay ecosystem.

Speaker:  Dr. Kinney is a Research Scientist at HARC, specializing in coastal and wetland ecology.  Her research interests include wetland restoration, impacts of land use and eutrophication on coastal systems, and carbon and nitrogen cycling in wetlands. Erin graduated with a Ph.D. in biology from the Boston University Marine Program and a BA in environmental and evolutionary biology from Dartmouth College.  She previously worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the department of marine biology at Texas A&M University at Galveston and at the Ecosystem Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. 

Those who attend will also enjoy learning about HARC’s facilities, including their extensive solar array. The building was awarded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum Green Building Certification in 2018.  HARC’s is the first building in The Woodlands or Montgomery County to be designated as such and only the third in the state.