Texas Panhandle ranchers face losses and grim task of removing dead cattle killed by wildfires
10 months, 1 week ago

Texas Panhandle ranchers face losses and grim task of removing dead cattle killed by wildfires

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. "We’re picking up deads today,” X-Cross-X Ranch operator Chance Bowers said as ranch hands used a bulldozer to move dozens of blackened carcasses into a line on the side of a dirt road. Ranchers and state officials do not yet know the overall number of cattle killed in wildfires that have burned 1,950 square miles, briefly shut down a nuclear power plant, charred hundreds of homes and other structures, and left two people dead. Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has said the number of dead “range” cattle is likely in the thousands. “It’s kind of like your kids sitting at the dinner table wanting to eat, the cattle need to eat and the grass is gone.” Bill Martin runs the Lonestar Stockyards in Wildorado, where ranchers bring their cattle to auction every week.

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Texas firefighters closer to extinguishing Panhandle wildfires
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Texas firefighters closer to extinguishing Panhandle wildfires

Raw Story  

"Texas firefighters closer to extinguishing Panhandle wildfires" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. LUBBOCK — Texas firefighters are gaining more control over the remaining wildfires in the Panhandle, more than two weeks after the infernos first engulfed …

Texas’ wildfires have devastated the state’s cattle industry — and the effects will be far reaching
10 months ago

Texas’ wildfires have devastated the state’s cattle industry — and the effects will be far reaching

CNN  

Hemphill County, Texas CNN — When Shane Pennington, a 56-year-old cattle farmer near Canadian, Texas, first saw flames from an enormous wildfire approaching the ranch he manages, his first concern wasn’t his home. “It’s just hard to see them burn up.” Pennington is one of many cattle farmers whose livelihoods have been devastated by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest …

Firefighters face difficult weather conditions as they battle the largest wildfire in Texas history
10 months, 1 week ago

Firefighters face difficult weather conditions as they battle the largest wildfire in Texas history

Associated Press  

STINNETT, Texas — Firefighters in Texas faced rising temperatures, whipped-up winds and dry air Saturday in their battle to keep the largest wildfire in state history from turning more of the Panhandle into a parched wasteland. A cow killed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire is removed by a rancher as the cleanup process begins Friday, March 1, 2024, in Skellytown, …

Texas Panhandle ranchers face losses and grim task of removing dead cattle killed by wildfires
10 months, 1 week ago

Texas Panhandle ranchers face losses and grim task of removing dead cattle killed by wildfires

Associated Press  

SKELLYTOWN, Texas — First, the flames came storming across the vistas of the Texas Panhandle, burning through the grassy plains and scrub land of the region’s cattle ranches. “Financially, it’s a massive, massive burden on us.” A rancher labors on collecting dead cattle in an area burned by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Skellytown, Texas. Share …

A Texas town was helpless to watch as the largest wildfire in state history engulfed it
10 months, 1 week ago

A Texas town was helpless to watch as the largest wildfire in state history engulfed it

LA Times  

Hunter Cooper helps clean up the Sanchez residence in the snow in Canadian, Texas. Strong winds, relatively low humidity and dry conditions are creating conditions that the weather service said are “resulting in a significant threat for the rapid spread of wildfires.” Crews will focus on the northern edge of the Smokehouse Creek fire and areas around structures, the forest …

Texas battles historic wildfires as snow covers scorched land in the Panhandle
10 months, 1 week ago

Texas battles historic wildfires as snow covers scorched land in the Panhandle

Associated Press  

STINNETT, Texas — A dusting of snow covered a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, giving firefighters brief relief in their desperate efforts to corral a blaze that has grown into the largest in state history. “We’re just hitting all the hot spots around town, the houses that have …

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