News & Politics
July 5, 2022
Lots of Texans Celebrated the Fourth of July by Accidentally Setting Off Wildfires
Amid worst-in-a-decade drought conditions, fireworks displays from Lubbock to Fort Worth to Houston sparked flames.
Wildfires
News & Politics
February 18, 2022
Why Have There Been So Many Wildfires in Texas This Year?
Wes Moorehead, an expert at the Texas A&M Forest Service, explains what’s happened in 2022 and what the future might hold for the state.
Being Texan
July 21, 2017
Love and Loss on the Great Plains
The day the fire came to the Franklin Ranch.
January 21, 2013
West Texas Wildfires Burn Again
One year after the Rock House fire, more than 20,000 acres in Jeff Davis County are aflame.
January 21, 2013
Texas 2011: By the Numbers
From (HB) 1 to ($)15.2 billion, we revisit a few of the state's biggest stories in 2011 by examining the numbers.
January 21, 2013
TM Informer: What Is Wildfire Season?
The Texas Forest Service recently announced that the state’s current “wildfire season” may not end. The TM Informer answers the question, When does it usually start and finish?
September 27, 2012
Texas Trees Hit Hard By Drought In 2011
More than 300 million trees died in Texas in 2011 due to extreme drought conditions
The Culture
August 31, 2012
6 Things You’ll Be Talking About in September
1. “Goodbye to Texas University . . . Hello to the University of Louisiana State?”The trash-talking for Texas A&M’s first-ever Southeastern Conference game got off to an early start in May, when University of Florida head coach Will Muschamp took a shot at Aggieland. “You ever been to College
April 27, 2012
Toilet Paper Fire Burns 53,000 Acres
Thirty-year-old Rodrigo Ulloa-Esquivel of El Paso attempted to "leave no trace" by burning his used toilet paper, but ended up starting a devastating wildfire in New Mexico's Lincoln National Forest.
Oral History
December 1, 2011
Trial by Fire
It will be remembered as the year of smoke and devastation, as drought-fueled flames wreaked unprecedented havoc across Texas, from Bastrop County to Possum Kingdom. A photographic and oral history of the 2011 wildfires.
News & Politics
May 1, 1988
Earth, Rain, Wind, Fire
A wet year followed by a dry one made for one hellacious brush with disaster in the ranchlands of West Texas.