Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District Archives

Tips for Making a DIY Air Filter (Consejos: Si opta por utilizar un purificador de aire de bricolaje)

by Special Contributor June 30, 2023

Editor’s Note: Thank you to the Yolo Solano Air Quality Management District and represetative Karin Bloesch for these materials and the research behind them. If you build a DIY air cleaner, use a newer model box fan (2012 or later). The newer models have added…

Climate Impacts, Resilience

Don’t Light Tonight Season Began Nov 2020

by Special Contributor December 30, 2020

November 1st marked the start of Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District Don’t Light Tonight season, the District’s voluntary program encouraging residents to not burn wood on days where air quality forecasts for particulate matter are above 25 micrograms per cubic meter, or an AQI of…

Community, Consumption, Energy

Why You Shouldn’t Burn Wood This Winter

by Special Contributor January 31, 2018

Crossposted from the Davis Vanguard January 31, 2018. As winter settles in Yolo and Solano County, so does cooler temperatures, brisk mornings and often, the smell of wood smoke permeating the air. Many people associate cold weather with a crackling fireplace and a cup of…

Coalition, Energy