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Artist Boat

Artist Boat’s mission is to promote awareness and preservation of coastal margins and the marine environment through the disciplines of the sciences and the arts. Artist Boat was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) in 2003 by a board of directors representing artists and scientists from universities, government, and the private sector in Galveston, Harris, and Dallas Counties. Together the nine-member board brings over 150 years of educational experience. Since inception, as of 2011, over 40,000 participants have engaged in Artist Boat’s unique Eco-Art Programs each receiving a minimum of 4 hours of hands-on, place-based, and experiential learning formed in the context of marine ecosystems and coastal margins of the Texas coast.

Bayou Wildlife Zoo

Outdoors & Nature

Take your family on an exciting wildlife adventure at our open range animal zoo in Alvin, Texas. At Bayou Wildlife Zoo, you can see and feed animals from all over the world up close as they roam freely across our 80 acres of natural habitat.

Westbury Community Garden

Nonprofit ; Outdoors & Nature ; Sports/Outdoor

The 7-acre site of the Westbury Community Garden, located at Dunlap at Fonmeadow in the Westbury SuperNeighborhood, is owned by the Houston Housing Authority. For almost 30 years, the land has been park space. In 1982 the Westbury Civic Club filed suit against the Houston Housing Authority for violations of statutes related to their plans to build an apartment complex on this site. An out-of-court agreement was reached, and it was decided that this acreage would be a good site for a city park due to its location next to an existing 900+ unit apartment complex. The Houston Parks and Recreation Department leased and maintained the land for 25 years. In 2009, a group of volunteers seeking to build a community garden in the Westbury area discovered this 7-acre site within the Westbury SuperNeighborhood boundaries. The long-term lease of the site by the Houston Parks and Recreation Department had just expired, so the garden volunteers sought a lease with the Houston Housing Authority (The HHA is NOT a city department, the HHA administers federal funds). City Council Member Anne Clutterbuck negotiated a lease from the HHA on behalf of the Westbury Civic Club on 2 acres of the site in December of 2009. In 2011, the lease was modified so that we now lease the entire 7-acre site. The Westbury Community Garden is a joint project of the Westbury SuperNeighborhood, the Westbury Civic Club, and the Westbury Area Improvement Corporation.

Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve (Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy / WWGC)

Association/Club/Group ; Outdoors & Nature

Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve is an combination of flood control, greenspace, and a series of wet-bottom detention lakes in a 280-acre park in Southwest Houston. The Mission of the WWGC is to mobilize individuals, neighborhoods, government agencies, businesses, and foundations to support the creation of the Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve.

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