HCC Conservation Forum

Thank you Tom! You are invited! Sat. Oct. 7th Champion Lake, a unit of the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge. Its the Public Lands Alliance Walk for the Wild. The event is held to increase awareness our National Wildlife Refuges. We are so lucky to have this gem of a refuge so close to Houston. This area is often visited and shared by HASK and the Houston Canoe Club.

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Bring your boat, your hiking shoes (or both). Walking and Hike Trails are established.  Pack a lunch, a chair and visit with attendees. Link to the event below, you can form a team by registering. I hope to see you, look for me, text me when you get there, Chris 832-216-2483 - HCC, HASK & Friends of the Trinity River Refuge Board Member

Link to Oct. 7 Walk for the Wild event at Champion Lake

The Champion Lake Day Use Area, where HCC members have often paddled, is a unit of the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge. Activities by Refuge personnel to develop and improve visitor programs and public use facilities at Champion Lake receive invaluable support from the local nonprofit organization, Friends of Trinity River Refuge. 

“Walk for the Wild”, which is sponsored nationally by the Public Lands Alliance and locally by Friends of Trinity River Refuge, is the local kickoff event for the 2023 National Wildlife Refuge Week, observed on October 7-14. The purpose of “Walk for the Wild” is to encourage people to move in nature and raise support for nonprofit organizations to support the National Wildlife Refuge System. Opportunities for participants will include a 5K hike, a short paddle, a Pollinator Garden, informational tables, and a chance to look around the Champion Lake Day Use Area. Plans are also underway for an HCC-sponsored paddling outing. 

A map and driving directions are posted here. (Please observe the speed limits on County Road 417, which leads into the refuge.)

Registration is free, and registrants will be offered an opportunity to contribute to “Walk for the Wild”. The online “Walk for the Wild” registration site will open on September 1. Be sure to watch the HCC Conservation Forum for updates.