The Bayou Preservation Association’s 2017 Annual Symposium will focus on “Bayou Stewardship: From Awareness to Action.” Featured speakers will include Louis Aulbach and Anne Olson of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership; Beth White, Executive Director of the Houston Parks Board; Harris County Commissioner Jack Cagle; Russ Poppe, P,E., Executive Director of the Harris County Flood Control District; John Blount, P.E., Harris County Engineer; Dr. Kathlie Jeng-Bullock, P.E., from the Office of the City Engineer of the City of Houston; Jeff Taebel of the Houston-Galveston Area Council; Kyle Shelton of the Rice Kinder Institute; Bob Stokes, President of the Galveston Bay Foundation; and Sarah Bernhardt, Program Manager of the Galveston Bay Estuary Program. The symposium will be held at the United Way of Greater Houston Building at 50 Waugh Drive, from 7:30 AM to 3:15 PM on Thursday October 19. For more details and registration, visit the symposium’s website at http://bayoupreservation.givezooks.com/events/bayou-stewardship-from-awareness-to-action.