Prescribed burn scheduled for Southeast Metropolitan Park

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – Travis County Parks will conduct a prescribed burn at Southeast Metropolitan Park on Thursday, Aug. 3 or Friday, Aug. 4 between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. It will take two to four hours to complete.
Travis County Emergency Service is implementing the prescribed burn to “improve the health of the grassland and woodlands.”
While the park will remain open during the burn, portions of the park and trails such as the picnic area, the Primitive Trailhead, the Pr