Slideshow: Bastrop State Park Shows Signs of Rebirth
Officer Roger Dolle, Bastrop State Park's site manager, examines a 100-foot clearing near a road that was previously dominated by loblolly pines and oaks. The Oak trees are coming back in a bush-like state because their roots resisted the heat from the fire more readily than the pines.
An information board in front of the Bastrop State Park headquarters showing the effects of the fire across its entire range.
Fire damage and erosion control in Bastrop State Park.
Fire-damaged loblolly pines.
100-foot loblolly pines killed by fire.
In spite of all the damage from fire, flood and erosion, poppies ...
Comments (2)
gypsy314 ne
God provides.
Anyone but Obama and democrats.
BlackSheep01
It was FDR and the Democrats who provided literally millions of jobs in the 1930s, and as a result Texas has more than a score of beautiful parks across the state built by the young men who took those jobs in the CCC (and others who took jobs supporting them in the WPA).
It's good to see that the park plans to put its power lines underground. That would be a preferable solution for all sorts of utilities all across Texas -- underground installations are more protected against wind and weather events than above-ground power lines are.