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U of O graduate students are helping develop smoke management plans for southern Oregon’s Jackson County.

Stuart Warren and Anna Murphy are making a year round smoke management plan for Jackson County through the Institute of Policy, Research, and Engagement (IPRE) at UO. Stuart Warren tells us of the smoke plan's crafting, and how public input is being included.

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...

MEDFORD & EUGENE, Ore. -- Jackson County is getting help from the University of Oregon with seasonal wildfire smoke.

Bakery owner Tammy Warren, 38, from Wiltshire was stunned to discover a giant nine inch lemon that she claims is 'the biggest she's ever seen' - and it even dwarves her baby's head.