Wildfire smoke impacts increasing across Oregon, study shows
Oakridge had 10 days in 2021 where the air quality was unhealthy for sensitive groups and nine days of unhealthy air.
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Oakridge had 10 days in 2021 where the air quality was unhealthy for sensitive groups and nine days of unhealthy air.
Six fire agencies from Linn County have sent a task force to the Middle Fork Complex fire in the Willamette National Forest. The dispatch comes after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
Credit Lane Regional Air Protection Agency Lane Regional Air Protection Agency spokesperson Travis Knudsen said the majority of Lane County won’t be affected by wildfire smoke. “For those who are seeing the air quality being degraded it will vary and short throughout the day it will shift in a diurnal pattern the morning portions in the day in the Oakridge region specifically will be when air quality is at its best,” he said. Knudsen said air quality will degrade as the day goes on, and may go from moderate to very unhealthy on the air quality index. He advises checking LRAPA.org for p...