Tag: forest

• Write to Congress 101: Stand Up for National Parks!

  

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• What Sprawl Costs Us

  

  A few weeks ago, I went up north to New Caney, TX to visit one of my dearest friends. New Caney is just north of Kingwood and includes part of the Piney Woods. After the visit ended, as I was driving back to Houston on the 59, I saw a newly deforested site next to…

• Review: Longleaf

  

  Just before the start of summer, on May 22nd, 2024, I had an adventure seeing an innovative Houston music ensemble, Loop38, play a newly commissioned piece, titled Longleaf. Ben Morris, who is a composer, jazz pianist, and an Assistant Professor of Composition from Stephen F. Austin State University, created the multimedia piece. When Longleaf‘s recording…

• Houston, We Have a [Sprawl] Problem

  

  Welcome to my blog, Saving the Houston Piney Woods: A Conservation Journey. Here I write about the Piney Woods on the northeastern edges of Houston, which threaten to disappear due to sprawling urban development.