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Smokehouse Creek Fire

Ag News, Disaster, Editors, Fire, Kylene Scott, Landjournal, Livestock

Learning from wildfires helps farmers, ranchers deal with the aftermath 

The Smokehouse Creek Fire burned a million acres in 2024. Texas A&M AgriLife's Morgan Treadwell said there is always something to be learned from events like this. Read More

Deb Zoran, Texas A&M University professor and director of the Veterinary Emergency Team, pictured at left was deployed to Canadian, Texas in response to the Panhandle wildfire outbreaks in early March. (Photo courtesy of Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.)
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Vet response team helps wildfire recovery, graduates 

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Running P Cattle Co.: Rising from the Texas ashes

Wildfire recovery and donations in Ellis County on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala/OSU Agriculture)

Western Oklahoma wildfire data reports significant loss to land, cattle and infrastructure

  • April 8, 2024
  • By Gail Ellis │ Oklahoma State University
Black smoke and flames engulfed more than a million acres of grassland across the Texas Panhandle, but with the help of rain and enough recovery time, the grass can come back stronger. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife.)

Bringing back native grasslands after wildfire

  • March 19, 2024
  • By Kay Ledbetter │ Texas A&M AgriLife
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Wildfires’ devastation tough, response is heart warming

  • March 8, 2024
  • By dave-bergmeier
Texas wildfire (Texas A&M Forest Service photo.)

Organizations accepting donations amid Texas, Oklahoma wildfires 

  • February 29, 2024
  • By Kylene Scott
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  • February 28, 2024
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