After the Fire (Explored August 2021)
High winds on Sept. 4, 2011, directed fire quickly into Bastrop State Park, a National Historic Landmark with structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and National Youth Administration (NYA) during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Hundreds of defenders, including more than 140 TPWD wildland firefighters, TPWD staff, and commercial partners, battled the blaze. In the end, fire impacted 96 percent of the 6,565-acre park.
Most notably, the fire significantly impacted the Lost Pines ecosystem, an area of isolated loblolly pines that is home to the endangered Houston toad.
Nikon D780
(C)Gaylon Yancy 2020-2021
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After the Fire (Explored August 2021)
High winds on Sept. 4, 2011, directed fire quickly into Bastrop State Park, a National Historic Landmark with structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and National Youth Administration (NYA) during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Hundreds of defenders, including more than 140 TPWD wildland firefighters, TPWD staff, and commercial partners, battled the blaze. In the end, fire impacted 96 percent of the 6,565-acre park.
Most notably, the fire significantly impacted the Lost Pines ecosystem, an area of isolated loblolly pines that is home to the endangered Houston toad.
Nikon D780
(C)Gaylon Yancy 2020-2021
Please, No images in the comments; TEXT only. Thanks.