Bastrop, Texas is an affordable place to retire that offers small-town charm with easy access to the nearby metropolitan area ...

The Rolling Pines Fire blazes through Bastrop State Park in 2022. The Texas Legislature passed a package of bills aimed at mitigating the damage of wildfires and preparing for future disasters ...

The Rolling Pines Fire blazes through Bastrop State Park in 2022. The Texas Legislature passed a package of bills aimed at mitigating the damage of wildfires and preparing for future disasters.

Mission Viejo received the map from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, on March 24 and posted it on its website so residents could review the risk designations.

The headquarters of his companies X and Boring are now on the outskirts of Bastrop, a small city near the state capital Austin and about a five-and-a-half-hour drive north of Starbase.

Texas state parks, including Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, received almost $2 million for upgrades over the past year thanks to private donations to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation.

If you can't see the map above, click on this link. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Firefighters battle Hudson Fire in Bastrop, only 30% contained ...

A wildfire fueled by high winds near Bastrop State Park is now 50% contained, the Texas A&M Forest Service says. The Hudson Fire has burned 400 acres as of 4 p.m. Monday, officials said. High humidity ...

The Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management said the Hudson Fire was located south of Park Road 1C. This is between Bastrop State Park and Buescher State Park.

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More than 1,600 homes and structures were destroyed when 32,000 acres were scorched, including 96% of the 6,565-acre Bastrop State Park. Two people died in the fires.

The park, like dozens of others in Texas' 95-unit state park system, had seen visitation decline as drought withered the waterway that is the major feature of the 524-acre recreation site.