12/10 – 1:51 pm

Air quality reached the unhealthy stage overnight in Eugene as bitter cold weather and a strong air inversion
trapped particle pollution from wood smoke in the southern Willamette valley. The Lane Regional Air
Protection Agency’s (LRAPA) air quality monitor in Amazon Park recorded the highest levels of particle
pollution between 9:00 and 10:00 Sunday night. Pollution levels were only slightly better in Oakridge and
Cottage Grove. Levels remain high this morning and are not expected to improve significantly until the weather
changes.

For more information, visit: www.LRAPA.org