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Concrete-lined channel with grassy banks |
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Concrete-lined channel with flood gate |
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Large sections and even entire Houston area streams (such as this part of White Oak Bayou) have been lined with concrete. |
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Concrete-lined channels like this section of White Oak Bayou are common in the Houston area |
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Concrete-lined Houston stream |
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Concrete-lined White Oak Bayou near downtown |
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Spectators watch a car be inundated by a rising Houston area stream |
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A view of downtown Houston during a flood |
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A flooded area near Houston downtown |
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A flooding Houston area stream |
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Pollution near the shoreline of a Houston area stream |
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Developed area bayou
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Industrial/commercial development near a Houston bayou |
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Trash is a problem along many Houston streams, especially in urban areas. |
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Buffalo Bayou passes under a road bridge |
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White Oak Bayou as it approaches downtown Houston |
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A Houston area bayou
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Buffalo Bayou flows through the heart of downtown Houston |
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Buffalo Bayou
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Buffalo Bayou gives Houston its nickname of the "Bayou City" |
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Buffalo Bayou near the BPA office on Allen Parkway |
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Slow-moving bayou approaching downtown Houston |
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A child picks wildflowers along this channel |
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Steep banks and tall trees line this Houston stream |
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Buffalo Bayou near downtown |
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Oyster Creek in Sugar Land, Fort Bend County |
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Cypress trees growing in a Houston area bayou |
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Paddling a Houston stream |
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Scenic view of a Houston bayou |
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Scenic view of a Houston bayou |
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Scenic view of a Houston bayou |
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| Scenic view of a Houston bayou |
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| Scenic view of a Houston bayou |
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| Scenic view of a Houston bayou |
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Turtle
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Snowy Egret by Robert A. Behrstock |
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Tri-colored Heron by Robert A. Behrstock |
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Green-backed Heron
by Robert A. Behrstock
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Great Egret by Robert A. Behrstock |
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Great Blue Heron by Robert A. Behrstock |
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Great Blue Heron by Robert A. Behrstock |
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