Wildfires

Sign-up for the Emergency Livestock Relief Program begins on Monday, Sept. 15 to help offset increased feed costs due to qualifying flooding or wildfires in 2023 and 2024.

The third round of disaster aid payments through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program is the largest amount appropriated by Congress. USDA Deputy Undersecretary Brooke Appleton says those payments are being prepared now.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins testified in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, fielding questions on everything from USDA’s bold budget cuts and frozen funding to the fate of the nearly $21 billion in disaster aid.

Areas in the upper Midwest, Mid-South and Mid-Atlantic are being impacted. The American Veterinary Medical Association says to monitor animals as well as people and take precautions to keep everyone safe.

Cal Fire has determined last year’s wildfire that became the state’s largest in history was ignited accidentally by a Potter Valley rancher.