After Texas’ largest wildfire is contained, a rancher moves on with a single calf
In testimony to state lawmakers, Dale Jenkins and his Panhandle peers shared the “hidden cost” of the wildfires. Full Story
![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.”](https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/fVw4O5FJc6hHAhh-NffIKTeSlFU=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/04f1f04c0f6461a06c054fe042091eb4/0403%20Dale%20Jenkins%20MC%2034.jpg)
Maria Crane was a 2024 photography fellow at the Tribune. She has a dual degree in photojournalism and political science and was working toward a master’s in journalism at the University of North Texas during her Tribune fellowship. Maria worked at her college paper, the North Texas Daily, as a senior photographer and the visuals editor at Hatch Visuals, a student-run photo agency, as managing editor. She previously was an intern at the Denton Record-Chronicle.
In testimony to state lawmakers, Dale Jenkins and his Panhandle peers shared the “hidden cost” of the wildfires. Full Story