When smoke gets in your eyes

RATHDRUM - Annual field burning on the Rathdrum Prairie got off to a smokey start on Tuesday afternoon, but state officials were confident evening winds would carry away lingering smoke.

About 220 acres of Kentucky bluegrass in the area of Lancaster and Huetter roads were burned, leaving 150 registered acres on the prairie to be burned.

“It didn’t go as well as we had hoped,” said Mark Boyle, air quality manager with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. “We had some surface smoke - something we try to avoid as much as possible. It leaves room for improvement.”

However, Boyle was optimistic that the predicted evening winds would clear off any remaining smoke. Full story. Brian Walker, CdA Press

Does the smoke from field burning bother you?