While Boise is still socked in with smoke – the Idaho DEQ today declared a Stage 1 air quality alert in Boise and Valley counties due to heavy smoke from wildfires – and Idaho has more wildland acres burning than any other state, the state Division of Tourism wants to get the word out that the entire state isn’t on fire. And since I’m in Coeur d’Alene today, I can bear witness that up here, the skies are blue and lovely, the temps are in the 80s, the lake is sparkling and the air is fresh. That’s certainly not true everywhere in the state, but state tourism chief Carl Wilgus said, “Many of the wildfires are located in remote back-country areas, not where the majority of our recreation and tourism opportunities are located, and are not adversely impacting recreation -- Betsy Russell/Spokesman-Review”
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has more wildland acres burning than any other state, the state Division of Tourism wants to get the word out that the entire state isn’t on fire. And since I’m in Coeur d’Alene today, I can bear witness that up here, the skies are blue and lovely, the temps are in the 80s, the lake is sparkling and the air is fresh. That’s certainly not true everywhere in the state, but state tourism chief Carl Wilgus said, “Many of the wildfires are located in remote back-country areas, not where the majority of our recreation and tourism opportunities are located, and are not adversely impacting recreation -- Betsy Russell/Spokesman-Review”
