REPORT BY LAURA MUNTEAN & KAY LEDBETTER, Texas A&M AgriLife
PHOTOS BY SAM CRAFT, Texas A&M AgriLife
Generosity from across the nation filled four Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Animal Supply Points since Feb. 28 in the wake of the Smokehouse Creek, Windy Deuce and Grapevine Creek wildfires, which burned over 1.2 million acres to become the largest wildfire in Texas history.
AUSTIN – On Tuesday, March 12, Speaker Dade Phelan announced the creation of an Investigative Committee on the Panhandle Wildfires. Representative Ken King will serve as the Chair of this committee which will include Representatives Burrows and Hunter, as well as community members Jason Abraham and Ashley Cash.
Wildfires Bring Devastation To Panhandle As Firefighters Continue To Battle Multiple Fires
Intents to Drill
OCHILTREE (WOLFCREEK, Douglas) Courson Oil & Gas, Inc., #4570 Kent, (665 acres) 1320’ FEL & 1420’ FSL, Sec 570, Blk 43, H&TC RR Surv, A-718, 13 mi S from Perryton TX TD 9565’ (sgd. Zach Heflin 806-435-2910) Vertical Recompletion
Gas Completions
None
Oil Completions
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A combination of above-normal temperatures, low humidity, dry fuel and strong winds will create the potential for extreme fire conditions across large portions of the state early this week.
Today, conditions capable of producing large fires are expected across the Western Plains, including Canadian, Childress, Amarillo and Lubbock.
