Overview
- Camp Mystic received an 11‑page state letter Thursday giving 45 days to correct its emergency plan or risk denial of a license to operate the higher‑ground Cypress Lake site this summer.
- Reviewers said the plan lacks FEMA floodplain maps marking each cabin, clear evacuation steps and staff roles, timely parent alerts, and procedures to help campers with disabilities.
- The state also cited weak fire, medical, aquatic, transportation, and active‑threat responses and an emergency warning system with no named operators or backups.
- DSHS said 174 Texas youth camps got similar deficiency notices under new 2025 safety rules, and its contracted reviewer checks whether plans include required parts rather than real‑world readiness.
- Camp Mystic says it will work with the state, yet any reopening also faces a Texas Rangers investigation, multiple family lawsuits, and a judge’s order preserving flood‑damaged structures at the river site.