https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/maria-crane/The latest news by Maria Crane.enThu, 11 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/11/texas-wildfires-cattle-recovery/In testimony to state lawmakers, Dale Jenkins and his Panhandle peers shared the “hidden cost” of the wildfires.By Stephen Simpson and Maria CraneThu, 11 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/11/texas-wildfires-cattle-recovery/Dale Jenkins stands inside one of his cattle pens on April 3 in Canadian. As the Smokehouse Creek fire approached his property, Jenkins and his family rushed to save around 100 heads of cattle before taking on the blaze from a tractor equipped with a water hose.Dale Jenkins poses for a photo inside a cattle pen where he left his livestock prior to the Smokehouse Creek fires on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 in Canadian. “You'd be out there fighting this fire and you're all by yourself,” Jenkins said. “There's not a soul round. But you've got light from the fire line. And you're working at it and concentrating so hard and finally you get to the end you finally put up the last flames and then it's just totally dark and totally quiet is a really it's an interesting feeling.”Maria Crane/The Texas Tribune