Austin's Environmental Year

10 major Austin environmental actions of 2013

Enchanted Rock

Photo by Tian Rose
McKinney Falls
Blanco State Park

fun and fresh

Not into toasting in the new year? Start 2013 outdoors with these refreshinghikes

Gifts from US founder and Rodeo Austin Scholarship recipient Katherine Layton.

Scholarship Roundup

Young, ambitious dreamers: Rodeo Austin presents its next class of scholarshiprecipients

Burned pine trees along Park Road 1A.

Photo by Kathleen Jennings
Park Road 1A is open.

Photo by Kathleen Jennings
Damage from the September 2011 fire.

Photo by Kathleen Jennings
The Jennings family riding through Bastrop State Park.

Photo by Kathleen Jennings
Bastrop State Park historical cabin.

Photo by Kathleen Jennings

growing back

Back from the ashes: Our family's first visit to a new Bastrop State Park

Peter Mangan, "Melted Moon"This glass lens in a steel ring has lost its initial purpose. The wildfire heathas melted it into a new shape, added colors, added textures. The fractures areheld together by melted marbles. This changed lens now references a full moonrising over the pines.
Peter Mangan, "Looking Glass"When I first saw this hunk of melted amber glass, there was an "Aha!" moment. This glass used to be a mirror. Since medieval times, glass artists have usedsilver on heated glass to achieve this coloring effect. Think of the saint'shalo in a stained glass window. Here is an example of a wildfire being thestained glass artist. The beautifully colored glass also gained a jaggedlayered new shape. This found object is held aloft by two steel hinges, whosewooden door is gone. Here stands a fire transformed figure.
Peggy Jo Hilburn, " A Sunday Afternoon" A wax mold of the bark of a burntloblolly pine.
Peggy Jo Hilburn
The Bastrop fire from above.
Burned forest

Wildfire Benefit

ART from the ashes: Artists band together for exhibition that reclaims beautyfrom the devastating Bastrop fires

Photo by Doug Shupe
Photo by Doug Shupe
Photo by Russell L. Minton
Photo by Esteban Rubio
Photo by Krista Jezek
Photo by John Wylie
Photo by Troy Hollan

Wildfires

Austin burns: Hundreds of homes lost, thousands leave possessions behind

Photo by Doug Shupe
Photo by Doug Shupe
Photo by Russell L. Minton
Photo by Esteban Rubio
Photo by Krista Jezek
Photo by Troy Hollan
Photo by John Wylie

Central Texas wildfires

Fires cool: Help pours in

Photo by Doug Shupe
Photo by Doug Shupe
Photo by Russell L. Minton
Photo by Esteban Rubio
Photo by Krista Jezek
Photo by John Wylie
Photo by Troy Hollan

Central Texas wildfires

Bastrop fires turn deadly: Two killed while flames burn out of control

Photo by KXAN
Photo by Cecilia Roberts
Photo by Aaron Bennett
Photo by Russell L. Minton

Central Texas burns

Donate and volunteer: How you can help the wildfire victims

Photo by Doug Shupe
Photo by Doug Shupe
Photo by Russell L. Minton
Photo by Esteban Rubio
Photo by Krista Jezek
Photo by John Wylie
Photo by Troy Hollan

Central Texas wildfires

Disaster declaration signed; weekend benefits planned

Photo by Doug Shupe
Photo by Doug Shupe
Photo by Russell L. Minton
Photo by Esteban Rubio
Photo by Krista Jezek
Photo by John Wylie
Photo by Troy Hollan

Central Texas wildfires

The destruction rises exponentially as fires get under control, gawkers abound

Smoke and the Austin skyline

Deanna Roy
A hazy Austin sky

Photo by Reagan Hackleman
Photo by Rey Ramirez

Don't inhale

Still smoking: The Texas wildfires and your health

Willie Nelson
Lyle Lovett
Concert organizers speaking at the press announcment - from left: Steve Shook,Austin Community Foundation; Michael Hall, organizer; Ray Benson, musician; JohnGraham, Frank Erwin Center; Eric Johnson, musician

Photo by Kevin Benz
Ray Benson

Photo by Kevin Benz

Superstar concert announced

Ticket update: Willie, Lyle Lovett, the Dixie Chicks and more will perform atFire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas

Burnt homes in Steiner Ranch

Photo by Josh Hinkle
Burnt homes in Steiner Ranch

Photo by Josh Hinkle
Burnt homes in Steiner Ranch

Photo by Josh Hinkle

Austin Fire Relief

Fire relief updates: Donation drop-off specifics and benefit events

Photo by Kevin Benz
Photo by Kevin Benz
Photo by Kevin Benz
Photo by Kevin Benz

Losing urban canopy

Fuel for the fire: Drought is a tree-killer, thousands to die in Austin

Photo by KXAN
Photo by Cecilia Roberts
Photo by Aaron Bennett
Photo by Russell L. Minton

Central Texas burns

Running for their lives: One family's story

Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins
Photo by Andrew Collins

Inner City Sanctums

The Prairie: Texas Time Traveling