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The Town Is Hosting a Free Tree Health Talk

After a dry summer, Environmental Services is offering a speaker series on keeping your mature trees alive — and it costs nothing to show up.

2 min · 2026-09-10

Sun-scorched brown lawn during an extreme North Texas drought

Weather

54 Rainless Days, a Burn Ban, and a Heat Advisory Through Tonight

The advisory wraps at 8 PM tonight — the heat and the fire risk don't.

3 min · 2026-09-09

Smoke rising over a dry suburban neighborhood during wildfire season

Public Safety

Denton County's Burn Ban Is Active — and the Firefighters Covering It Are Already Out on Other Fires

The declaration went into effect August 25. Light your fire pit right now and you're looking at a Class C misdemeanor, a fine up to $500, and a county whose crews are already stretched thin.

2 min · 2026-08-31

Residential sprinkler system watering a lawn in the early morning, illustrating Flower Mound's mandatory two-day watering schedule

Town Hall

Your Yard Rules Have a $174 Billion Reason Behind Them

Texas just admitted its water math is broken — and Flower Mound's watering schedule is what the fix looks like on your block.

3 min · 2026-06-12