With the number of smoky days on the rise in Oregon, communities across the state are in various stages of planning for potential impacts from unhealthy air, both from prescribed fires and from wildfires, to help protect the health and welfare of vulnerable populations. In southern Oregon, Jackson County is creating a smoke management community response plan with the help of two University of Oregon graduate students. Their work is funded in part by the Department of Environmental Quality, which awarded grants to 20 local and tribal governments to develop smoke management plans. Western wildf...