Bayou

Houston is a swampy kind of place. In fact, it's nickname is "The Bayou City," a name you might associate with somewhere in Louisiana. After the city attempted to shore up the banks of the bayous, making concrete troughs out of them, the Bayou Preservation Association was born to try to undo what was done, to make the streams grow green again and water to flow freely. This bayou is at the end of my street and provides a natural eco-system for the land and animals nearby.