Camp Mystic officials have withdrawn their application for a license to operate this summer, a year after devastating floods tore through the river-side camp site, killing 25 young campers and two teenage counselors.

Four members of the Eastland family faced four hours of questions from Texas lawmakers investigating Camp Mystic’s handling of the July 4, 2025 flood. The family’s testimony came on the second day of hearings held by the joint Senate and House General Investigating Committee.

Inexperienced teenage counselors were not trained to handle flood and other emergency situations at Camp Mystic, and feared making decisions on their own.

The summer camp hadn’t prepared counselors and staff with adequate emergency training, an evacuation plan or flood preparedness supplies, the investigator concluded.

State health officials issued an 11-page deficiency letter to Camp Mystic over its emergency plan, a key requirement for the camp to be licensed to operate.

The security guard at Camp Mystic the night of last year’s deadly flood has acknowledged that if there was a general evacuation order early in the storm, lives could've been saved.

Parents who lost children during last summer’s Hill Country flood continue asking state regulators to block the reopening of Camp Mystic’s Cypress Lake campus. The state’s submission period for youth camp license applications ends March 31.

Nearly six months after a roaring flood killed 25 girls and two counselors at Camp Mystic in central Texas, the 100-year-old camp will begin enrolling new campers in January.

The parents of the only girl still missing from the July flood at Camp Mystic in Texas are demanding the camp halt its reopening plans.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors.

For decades, Camp Mystic has been a destination where Texan girls learn skills beyond the usual camp itinerary. Sure, fishing and crafts are common activities for Mystic campers, but the true magic of Camp Mystic comes from the character lessons that the camp instills.