WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL COMES TO HOUSTON!

Nancy Sutley

White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley will join Mayor Annise Parker to engage in outdoor activities with local youth at Buffalo Bayou Park in Houston, Texas this Tuesday, June 28, 2011.

President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative is a 21^st Century land and water conservation agenda to reconnect Americans with the outdoors.

Environmental education and access to local parks and green space is especially important to America’s youth in urban centers where they often lack access to outdoor space. 

Joe Turner

Chair Sutley and Mayor Parker will join area students in invasive species removal and water quality testing, and discuss the value of urban land conservation for recreation and education.

The Insite has learned Sutley will also meet with Houston Parks Director Joe Turner at this Tuesday event. 

Stay tuned for updates!