BASTROP, Texas — Texas is fortunate to have 80 state parks in virtually every part of the state. And one of the most unusual ones – a park that celebrates the "Lost Pines" – is located in Bastrop ...

Prescribed burns are intended to help remove flammable vegetative growth to prevent uncontrollable wildfires. In January, a prescribed burn at the park got out of control, conjuring memories of the ...

BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — For the time being, the state is pressing pause on carrying out any more prescribed burns at the Bastrop State Park after one got out of control ther e last week, burned more ...

BASTROP - Todd McClanahan surveys the fire-blackened tree trunks poking out of a thick carpet of ash, a normally green world turned black and gray. "You should have seen it in color," says McClanahan, ...

“Each unit has specific prescription of environmental factors that need to be met before we can go ahead with a prescribed fire. The moisture in the vegetation, relative humidity and wind speed ...

Multiple agencies contained a wildfire in the northwest part of Bastrop State Park, said Bastrop City Officials Saturday evening. They said the fire never threatened any structures or people.

People were being allowed to return to their homes Wednesday afternoon and evening as fire crews got a better handle on the 783-acre Rolling Pines wildfire in Bastrop. Kari Hines, a spokeswoman for ...

Authorities are scrambling to evacuate locals and corral a wildfire currently enveloping 300 acres of Bastrop State Park. As reported by the Austin-Statesman's Andy Sevilla, evacuations are underway ...

Evacuations are underway at Pine Hill Drive because of a 300-acre “very active fire” at 100 Park Road 1A in Bastrop State Park that remains uncontained, according to state and local officials. The ...

A fire that started in Bastrop State Park is no longer growing, but authorities are still watching for “smoldering” and “creeping” flames as of Thursday afternoon. The Bastrop County Office of ...

A wildfire that started Tuesday grew to hundreds of acres in Bastrop State Park and prompted evacuations in the area. Roads were closed as local fire departments responded to the blaze, which ...