MT Angus Association helping midwest wildfire victims

In response to the more than 2 million acres of land burned, homes, buildings and fences destroyed, and countless livestock lost or injured in the March wildland fires that spread in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado, the Montana Angus Association will be donating at least $16,000 for relief efforts.

The state organization and the association’s seven regions have committed to donating $2,000 apiece, said Klint Swanson of Shipwheel Cattle Co. in Chinook, president of the north-central region.

At least eight people lost their lives in or related to the fire, including two first respond...