Bayou Preservation Association earns honorable mention from Houston-Galveston Area Council

Dolores Martin, center, Mayor of Manvel and H-GAC Board Chair, presents the honorable mention award to Bayou Preservation Association's Steve Hupp, left, and Kathy Lord.

The Houston-Galveston Area Council awarded the Bayou Preservation Association with an honorable mention for its On-the-Ground Projects in the under $500,000 category.

The Bayou Preservation Association is a citizens' group whose mission is to protect and restore the richness and diversity of our waterways. BPA facilitates collaborative projects and public awareness about the region's streams and bayous in order to foster watershed management, conservation, and recreation along Houston's defining natural resource.

The Houston-Galveston Area Council is a voluntary association of local governments in the 13-county Gulf Coast Planning Regionan area of 12,500 square miles and more than 6 million people. H-GAC works to promote efficient and accountable use of local, state, and federal tax dollars and serves as a problem-solving and information forum for local government needs.

For more information, call 832-681-2507 or visit www.h-gac.com.