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A weekend of lower temperature and higher humidity brought no substantial new wildfire starts across the state, and allowed firefighters to make a dent in…
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Today's air report courtesy of Missoula City-County Air Quality Specialist Sarah Coefield:Good morning, no, you’re not imagining things. That really is…
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Since Monday, one new fire has been discovered in the Kootenai National Forest. The Ten Mile Fire is burning 15 to 20 acres in the Rexford and Fortine…
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Smoke visible in the Missoula area Monday dropped the air quality to "moderate." The smoke is likely coming from the Klamathon Fire in California.Sarah…
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For most Montanans, wildfire smoke is ‘out of sight, out of mind’. It’s been almost a year since smoke pollution filled Missoula County, turning the air…
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Last summer's wildfires handed scientists a rare chance to study effects of smoke on residents. Most previous work had been on wood-burning stoves, urban air pollution and the effects on firefighters.
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This past wildfire season, unprecedented amounts of wildfire smoke in communities across western Montana threw public health agencies a…
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This summer, Missoula County had its worst wildfire smoke season on record. It’s unclear how exactly that impacted the health of county residents, both as…
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Across the state this summer, tens of thousands of Montanans had to face the challenge of living with big wildfires. Some people lost their homes, two…
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Now that fire season has extended into the school year, many western Montana schools have been keeping kids inside because of heavy smoke. But that…