Articles of Interest

Houston bayous

"Linking Wetland Alteration to Coastal Flooding: predictors, consequences and policy implications" by Samuel D. Brody with Sammy Zahran, Wesley Highfield and Himanshu Grover of the Environmental Planning & Sustainability Research Unit, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University

Houston Business Journal, January 21, 2005 -
Houston should act now to protect the hidden beauty of its bayous."
by Mary Ellen Whitworth, Executive Director, BPA

Texas Highways, February 2005 -
"A View from the Bayou" by Kathryn Jones. A delightful article about BPA's own Don Greene (former Past President of BPA) on a canoe trip down Buffalo Bayou.

Houston Chronicle June 13, 2003 -
"Two years after Allison, Houston has reached a watershed moment" by Kevin Shanley, Chairman of the Board of BPA on watershed management and flood control.

"Protecting and restoring the richness and diversity of our waterways"

Bayou Preservation Association
3201 Allen Parkway, Suite 200
P.O. Box 131563
Houston, Texas 77219-1563
telephone 713.529.6443 fax 713.529.6481
email: bpa@bayoupreservation.org