Agenda: All-day environmental expo! Visit the many booths and interactive exhibits. Go on a guided explore of the park, try the rock-climbing wall, rent a canoe or kayak, eat some good food, or camp all night!
Location: Lake Houston State Park. 22031 Baptist Encampment Road, New Caney TX 77357-7731. Phone: (281)354-6881
For more info: Visit the River Bottom Festival website. The 2001 Festival was a great success! Over 450 people attended!

Check out the article on the EFWF Canoe Challenge in the Feb 2002 Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine in the SCOUT section.

Time: 7pm
Location: Atascocita Lutheran Church. 7927 FM 1960 E.
Agenda: Watch video "SOS: Save Our Streams" and discuss and plan upcoming River Bottom Festival

April 26: SJCC General Meeting

Time: 7pm
Location: Atascocita Lutheran Church. 7927 FM 1960 E.
Speaker: Mickey Merritt of the Texas Forest Service will talk about the Neighborwoods project, and about the loss of forests in the Houston region. Merritt conducted an "urban ecological analysis" on the Wal-Mart and HEB properties which quantifies the impacts of that forest loss to air quality and stormwater runoff. Mickey is a great resource for Houstonians!

Agenda: Plan for Smart Growth and Conservation Committee future goals and projects. Get meeting attendees more involved in our efforts.
Minutes: Coming Soon.

Agenda:Andy Sipocz with Texas Parks & Wildlife speaking on Riverside Forests.
UPDATE: Minutes Coming Soon.

Location: Jesse Jones Park and Nature Center, Humble.
Agenda: Free trees! SJCC hosted a booth at the park, and collected leftover trees for an upcoming tree planting in area commercial properties, schools and parks.
Contact: Email Yvonne Farrell for information or call her at 281-852-6619.
Update: These area schools, churches, and businesses are participating in the 2001 SJCC sponsored Tree-Planting:

• Ben Bowen Elementary in Huffman
  
• Metro Church/Possibility School, Atascocita
  
• Lake Houston United Methodist Church youth group, Huffman
  
• Atascocita Presbyterian Church, Creative Learning Center
  
• Atascocita Lutheran Church Chrysalis School
  
• America's Service Station, Atascocita
  
• Atascocita Timbers Esplanade
  
• Atascocita Shores playground
  
• May Community Center in Huffman
  
• Lakewood Subdivision, Huffman
  

Agenda: Update on HEB/Super Walmart developments. Discuss results of leadership meeting and get people signed up on committees or tasks.
Minutes: Coming Soon

Agenda: Filling SJCC leadership roles
Minutes: Available Here.

Minutes: Wendee Holtcamp's Speech on the Value of a Forested Community (aka. "The Tree Hugger's Revenge") is Available Online. Also View the Results of Sam Houston State University Professor Diane Bates Smart Growth Survey, which was conducted at the Dec 7 meeting and will be followed up by a more detailed survey.