Does anyone have a reference to get info about the damage done to wildlife from all the fires? Hopefully it did get a lot of feral hogs.

I haven't heard anything here in Texas, but I would be shocked if much or any wildlife was affected other than their habitat being burned.

last numbers i saw was under 50K acres.. while that's ALOT of ground, there's single ranches bigger...

but, on a brighter note, if any big did get roasted, it should be a tasty field bbq

From what I have heard, the drought may have hit the pigs harder than the fires.

Both bad news for the state, regardless of what happens to the pigs.

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last numbers i saw was under 50K acres.. while that's ALOT of ground, there's single ranches bigger

From Texas Forestry Service, Sept 17, 2011:

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Since fire season began on Nov. 15, 2010, Texas Forest Service and area fire departments have responded to 22,602 fires that have burned 3,761,966 acres.

If anyone cares to stay updated, here is a daily sitrep from TFS, fortunately with the cooler weather fires should be a bit easier to contain:

Texas Forestry Service wild fire update