{"id":21780,"date":"2025-09-24T02:41:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T02:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=21780"},"modified":"2025-09-24T02:41:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T02:41:48","slug":"public-health-issues-air-quality-advisory-for-western-foothills-follow-up-report-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=21780","title":{"rendered":"Public Health Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Foothills \u2014 Follow-Up Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Public Health Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Foothills \u2014 Follow-Up Report<\/h2>\n<p>Boulder County Public Health has issued an air quality advisory for communities in the western foothills due to elevated particulate matter levels from prescribed burns in the Roosevelt National Forest. Residents with respiratory conditions are advised to limit outdoor activity and keep windows closed until conditions improve.<\/p>\n<p>The Superior Senior Center offers related programming including free legal consultations, tax preparation assistance, health screenings, and social activities. Over 1,613 seniors participated in center programs last year.<\/p>\n<p>Water quality monitoring at 8 stations along Boulder Creek, St. Vrain Creek, and Left Hand Creek showed all parameters within acceptable ranges for 2024. The Sustainability, Climate Action &amp; Resilience publishes quarterly water quality reports on the Boulder County website.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Participate<\/h3>\n<p>The project includes improvements along SH-119 Diagonal Highway between Superior and the intersection with Baseline Road. Construction is scheduled to begin in September 2026 with completion expected within 16 months.<\/p>\n<p>According to Amanda Foster, director of Sustainability, Climate Action &amp; Resilience, this program served 76% more residents in 2024 compared to the previous year. &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing unprecedented demand from communities across Boulder County, particularly in Superior and the surrounding area,&#8221; Amanda Foster said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boulder County Public Health has issued an air quality advisory for communities in the western foothills due to elevated particulate matter levels from prescribed burns in the Roosevelt National Forest. Residents with respiratory conditions are advised to limit outdoor activity and keep windows closed until conditions improve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":["post-21780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-health","tag-boulder-county","tag-demo-data","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}