air quality

The smoke has caused the Department of Ecology to issue its first air quality alert of the season for eight counties, including Adams, Ferry, and Okanogan.

This temporary restriction until weather conditions change.

The USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more than 75 million food boxes in support of American farmers and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

With California’s wildfire season beginning to intensify, farm groups say they're looking for solutions to a lack of N95 respirators.

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LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has criticized as "inadequate" a draft study the Army Corps of Engineers did on a proposed coal-export project in Washington state. The EPA says the corps' draft environmental review is "flawed" because it fails to take a hard look at potential environmental impacts, such as air quality, rail traffic and climate change.

Due to warmer temperatures last month, snowpack in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada have further declined. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Hydrologist Cara McCarthy says nearly one-third of SNOTEL sites in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada are reporting the lowest snowpack ever measured and -- for the first time -- some snow sites were snow-free on March 1...

The air quality in the Yakima Valley isn't good today.

With fires burning across Central Washington, poor air quality because of all that smoke is an issue. Officials at the Department of Ecology said air quality across the region is poor. This is an issue for people with pre-existing respiratory problems.

All the smoke and haze here in the Yakima Valley has kept lines shorter than usual at the Central Washington State Fair. However thousands still spent thousands of dollars to get through the gates. Yet some parents had reservations. "The air quality is horrible for him," said mother, Michelle Rosen...