The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is urging residents to limit time outdoors over the next 48 hours due to deteriorating air quality from Canadian wildfire smoke. According to the DNR, widespread unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.

Milwaukee's air quality at one point on July 31 was the poorest in the country, and the rest of Wisconsin's wasn't much better. The good news is the air won't be as difficult to breathe on Aug. 1. The bad news is the Canadian wildfire smoke is still lingering all over the state,

Last week, Canadian wildfire smoke blanketed Wisconsin and caused the Air Quality Index to reach the unhealthy level for sensitive groups. Six days later, on July 31, the smoke appears to have a worse impact on the air.