Aug 03 2010
Smoke in the North Fork may be from Canada
Starting yesterday, several folks in the North Fork reported smelling smoke. That smoke may be coming from Canada. NOAA’s early morning “Hazard Mapping System Fire and Smoke Product” map (see below) showed an extensive smoke plume drifting to the south and east from a large wildfire complex in southern British Columbia. At latest report, BC has some 318 wildfires, the bulk of them in the southern half of the province.
For more information on wildfires in Canada, keep an eye on the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System page.
[...] today’s Missoulian (we *ahem* covered this four days ago) . . . The smoke we’re seeing in western Montana is coming from wildfires in British [...]