Colorado Researchers To Embark On Large-Scale Wildfire Smoke Study

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Researchers in Colorado are set to embark on the first large-scale study of how smoke from wildfires in the West impacts our environment.
Colorado State University and the University of Colorado Boulder are two of the five universities involved in the study, which is backed by a $3.8 million federal grant from the National Science Foundation.
Smoke billows at sunrise from part of the Waldo Canyon fire on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Plat