Montana/Idaho Airshed Group

Our Area

Comprised of 29 “airsheds” Each Airshed has a designated Coordinator as a point of contact 17 Impact Zones 3 “Units” Montana since 1978 North Idaho entered 1990 South Idaho entered 1999

Our Area Executive Board Member Representatives Monitoring Unit is located in Missoula

Our Membership

Some statistics…

Our Process…  Members build a pre-season burnlist online (smokemu.org)  Burns are submitted from this list by noon on the day prior to burning (Mountain Time)  All or a portion of the acres can be proposed  A priority (A or B) value is selected  Up to five days out

Our Process…  Program Coordinator accesses this list just after the noon hour  Predictive Services Meteorologists provide input (they also post a ventilation forecast for the members by noon)  Program Coordinator accesses current AQ sensors, resolves any conflicts between members proposed burns, obtains input from DEQ offices

Our Process…  Recommendations are posted back to the website by 4PM Mtn. that same day  Members must report any accomplishments back to the website on the following day

Our Website…  Reports are available under various passworded levels  Airshed Coordinators  Member Representatives  Reports are offered as Excel file download or as HTML to screen  Map feature to be added in next version  BlueSkyRains has access to daily data

Our Website…  Web Application was developed by the National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis, University of Montana  A “toolbar” for ArcMap was also developed allowing direct access to the database for display (proposed, approved, accomplished by date), and to view and approve burns