Free Film Screening at UHCL this Sunday

September 24, 2025

For background visit https://chasingthetideseries.com RSVP to the event here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B084FA8A729AA8-58252281-chasing

Please join us for a screening of one episode of Chasing the Tide at UHCL Bayou Theater at 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Bayou Building. This episode features the Galveston coastline, right in our back yard. 

After the film we will have a panel discussion moderated by Sandra Metoyer, the executive director of the Environmental Institute of Houston. Panelists are as follows: 

Jay Kleberg: Founding executive director of The Gulf Trust, Conservationist & filmmaker
Adrian Garcia: Harris County Commissioner of Precinct 2, with a major focus on parks and wildlife
Suzanne Simpson: Ecologist, wildlife biologist, author, and natural resource manager
Michael J. Turco: General Manager of the Harris-Galveston and Fort Bend Subsidence Districts 

After the film and discussion there will be a reception with snacks and an opportunity to meet the panelists.

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The Battle of Bay Oaks. Part II

October 30, 2023

So how does Bay Oaks fit into Exploration Green?

The Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) is proposing to widen the waterway of Horsepen Bayou running through the west end of Bay Oaks. Much like Exploration Green it will provide flood control as well as a beautiful area for hikers, bikers, and families. HCFCD has a great record of achievement thoughout the area with new trails, trees, and flood mitigation. It’s a win-win for everyone, but there are those who are against progress and improvements.

Unfortunately in this day and age misrepresenting the facts has become a very powerful tool much like the Big Lie about the 2020 elections. Much like those who opposed Exploration Green the Bay Oaks a group within the Community Association has sounded the alarm about the development. Whether they are misrepresenting the facts or not will be determined later but it’s clear they do not want this development to happen. According to their latest newsletter it’s gloom and doom for the area including displacing wildlife and “bald eagles” and ignoring an alternative design much like the Friends of the Old Golf Course proposed when opposing Exploration Green.

I found this to be very interesting for a number of reasons. It’s like Exploration Green all over again only with an anti-government twist. The very existence of the HCFCD is to control flooding as their name says. This project is to do just that and more. It’s good to have a healthy mistrust of government but it has to be fair and truthful. Yes, just like Exploration Green the development of the area will be uncomfortable but the result will be worth it. With all the great work the HCFCD has done in the last 10 years it is hard to think they are purposing destroying the natural habitat of the endangered Country Clubber.

This should be interesting to watch. From the Bay Oaks Community Newsletter:

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