In the Hill Country, Fighting Fires Before They Start
![Steiner Ranch residents have been working to clear out dry brush from the woods around their houses.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141023054339im_/http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/files/2012/08/120828-Steiner-Ranch-cleanup-August-2012-by-Filipa-Rodrigues-100x100.jpg)
Since the Labor Day wildfires of 2011, many communities have begun taking it upon themselves to make their homes safer in the event of another wildfire. One of those places is Steiner Ranch, a planned community near Lake Travis, in the Hill Country outside of Austin. Recently a group of volunteers, firefighters and residents got [...]