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MADISON (WKOW) -- Two Wisconsin congressmen are calling on Canada to do more to decrease the risk of wildfires. In recent years, smoke from Canadian wildfires has blown south, leading to poor air ...
MADISON (WKOW) -- Wildfire smoke from Canada is expected to affect air quality across all of Wisconsin this weekend. The state Department of Natural Resources says it could begin impacting counties in ...
A water bomber drops a load of fire retardent as smoke rises from the Sousa Creek wildfire HWF036 east of Rainbow Lake, Alberta, Canada in an aerial photograph on June 2, 2025.© Alberta Wildfire ...
The smoke from Canada’s wildfires also drifted toward the Great Lakes region of the United States, causing reduced air quality across the parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan ...
More than 100 wildfires are burning in Canada’s Manitoba province, causing smoke to cascade southwards into the US midwest. More than 20 million people in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan have ...
“Another weekend of Canadian wildfire smoke and air quality warnings across WI, MN. With today’s modern tools to prevent wildfires, this shouldn’t keep happening,” Tiffany posted.
Quigley explained that the hazier air quality was due to wildfire smoke making its way southeast from Canada, as well as parts of North Dakota and Minnesota's Arrowhead region. "With all of those ...
A group of six United States Representatives from Minnesota and Wisconsin sent a letter to Canadian Ambassador Kristen Hillman asking for stronger forest management practices on Monday July 7th.
Fires in Canada prompt state of emergency for some All of Manitoba is under a state of emergency because of the wildfires, which have led to 12,600 people evacuating their homes in the province.
An air quality advisory has been issued for the northern half of Wisconsin as Canadian wildfire smoke has mixed down the the surface, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The advisory ...
The Department of Natural Resources issued an air quality alert for counties in the northern two-thirds of Wisconsin as wildfire smoke travels south from Canada and the northwest United States.