The good news is the air won't be as difficult to breathe on Aug. 1. The bad news is the Canadian wildfire smoke is still lingering all over the state, prompting an extension of an air quality alert from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, with AQI values again reaching the unhealthy level.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is urging residents to limit time outdoors over the next 48 hours due to deteriorating air quality from Canadian wildfire smoke. According to the DNR, widespread unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.