The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Active weather pattern starting to pop up

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

Grain Elevator (Journal photo by Lacey Newlin)

Still on the hunt for needed rain

Orphan Calf Relief Program fostering calves affected by wildfires       

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Moisture was mixed bag through the Plains

Texas wildfire (Texas A&M Forest Service photo.)

Wildfire impact tugs at the heart of a cowboy

TAMU Wildfire Relief information for the Texas Panhandle.

Containment continues for Smokehouse Creek, Windy Deuce and Grape Vine Creek fires in Texas 

Texas wildfire (Texas A&M Forest Service photo.)

Texas Panhandle wildfires: Documenting agricultural losses