Most of Houston's bayous were dredged, straightened and lined with concrete in the twentieth century to move water faster. Armand Bayou was not, and it is now one of the few in the region still running in its own meanders through bottomland forest and tidal marsh — close to 2,500 acres of it preserved, with alligators, bobcats and a reintroduced bison herd grazing restored prairie above the water. It is named for Armand Yramategui, a naturalist who campaigned to save it and was murdered in 1970; the protection followed his death.
Getting there
29.5900, -95.0800
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