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Sniffing NW Colorado air quality

Data gathered at a new air quality monitoring site in Rangely resulted in an  “ozone action day alert” for western Rio Blanco County in early February.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sponsors two air quality monitoring stations in Rio Blanco County, one in Rangely and one in Meeker. These sites monitor ambient conditions for ozone, fine particulate matter, oxides of nitrogen and several meteorological parameters. They are funded by the BLM and operated by…