Eastern Iowa has had plenty of experience with wildfire smoke this summer. But that smoke and haze have come from other states, and even another country, Canada. But what if that wildfire smoke was coming from a blaze in Iowa? As unlikely as it seems, experts say wildfires in Iowa are an overlooked threat.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that the Iowa Environmental Council published an interactive map in February that looked at 45 different threats to Iowans in the coming years. Of all the risks, Iowa’s potential for wildfires jumped out.
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