BASTROP COUNTY, Texas — The 2011 Bastrop County Complex fire is known as the most destructive wildfire in Texas state history. 

But the park has already shown new growth.

"I didn't want to come back," said Bastrop State Park visitor Eric Storm. 

Storm remembers the wildfire that devastated Bastrop County just a decade ago.

"Actually, my parents live not too far from here. They got burned out completely. They had been here for about 10 years,"  Storm said. "And we really loved coming out here to visit."

The dangerous inferno burned for 55 days, destroying more than 1,600 homes and killing two people.

"There's still, you know, some charred spots that remind you, but there's a lot of new life coming back," Storm said.

For the last three years, Ranger Madalyn Miller has watched the Bastrop State Park bounce back.

"Overall, it burned over 34,000 acres," Miller shared. "And it was the most destructive wildfire in Texas history... And they planted over two million pine trees in the following years after the fire."

The wildfire hit the park, impacting the surrounding pine forest, but as Miller will tell you — nature is resilient.

"All of the forbes and the grasses that are coming in are bringing in more of our wildlife, too, which is really fun to see, and then just getting to see the visitors that are coming back as well," Miller said.