As people from around the country flocked to public lands in the western United States this summer, making up for COVID-19-disrupted travel plans in 2020, many have been greeted by a familiar site to westerners: wildfire smoke. After a brutally smoky fire season in 2020, this year is on track to be the smokiest in…
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Wildfires Limit Outdoor Travel and Activity Across the West
Part of what Katherine Lee loves about Moscow, Idaho, where she lives, are the trails 10 minutes away. She visits with family or friends several days a week to hike or mountain bike, or to have walking meetings with colleagues. But the trails have been closed for weeks this summer, to mitigate risk as wildfires…