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The mists swirl off the water. The sun stars to shine through, anther day dawns over Cear Creek

Clear Creek Naturally is an amalgam of wilderness, urban life, breathtaking sights, open air opportunities, actitivies, land and water treks and fun in the Clear Creek watershed. Owned, developed and managed by the Clear Creek Nature, Culture and Tourism Council, the web site is a celebration of all that is good in an area that embraces virtually untouched wilderness, a rapidly growing suburban life, contrasting work places and the relentless development and change that defines Texas. Like so much of the best of Texas, it represents undiscovered treasure - and this web site, the map for its discovery.

The Clear Creek watershed is located in southern Harris County - some 20 miles from the city of Houston. The watershed itself encompasses parts of Harris, Galveston, Brazoria and Forth Bend counties and touches 16 cities and five drainage/flood control districts. Clear Creek flows from west to east into Clear Lake and ultimately, Galveston Bay. Armand Bayou is the largest tributary to Clear Lake and is a watershed in its own right. Clear Creek watershed covers nearly 200 square miles and includes two primary streams on the Harris county side - Clear Creek and Turkey Creek. There are 154 miles of open streams within the watershed on the Harris county side, including the primary streams and tributary channels. the estimated (2000) population within the watershed on just the Harris county side is over 118,000. The likely population, for all of the watershed is likely to be over quarter of a million people in 2006. The pace of population growth has accelerated in recent years with Houston's economy as the growth engine. This pace is likely to continue into the future

This site will help you get know and enjoy the area. To get a feel for what's in store, have a look at the slide show in the next section - Picture Story. Having done that, have a look at the network of Parks & Public Places that represent must-visit venues, and jump-of points for the many activities possible. Clear Creek Naturally includes information on the activities cooperative - these cover sports, fishing, hiking, kayaking and bird watching. And provides well researched Wilderness & Water Treks - each of which is tailored to a specific interest and time availability. A section of the site covers facilities - like bicycle, kayak and other equipment rentals.

Of note; (i) Building & Preserving section features three video clips of community action (ii) Cormac O'Reilly's streaming video overview of the web site development is provided the the about the council section (briefings sub-section); (iii) Judy Kimball's program outline for the 30 August 2006 meeting has been included in the Downloadable Documents section and (iiv) the CCNCTC presentation revised by Katherine Miller has also been added to the Document Downloadable section