Pollution from Canadian wildfires has raised short term health concerns among New Yorkers but maybe we should be looking at possible long term consequences.
In an effort to help prevent wildfires and pollution, the New York statewide burn ban will begin next Tuesday. It will start on March 16th and run through May 14, 2021. The Department of Environmental Conservation says this annual ban has helped decrease the number of spring wildfires that occur by forty-three percent since it began back in 2009.