EDITORIAL: Missed some facts

The editorial in the Jan. 5 Press is valuable for mentioning the health issue in wildfire smoke, but it ignores the fact that most long-duration fires result from the present-day “lock it up and let it burn” mismanagement of our forests.

The other glaring omission is that the Northeastern smoke last year was from Canadian wildfires. All our good intentions here have no effect in Canada, do they?

The mixed review here is factual.

GEORGE SCHNEIDER

Coeur d’Alene