Northern Michigan is enveloped in a thick blanket of brown smoke from wildfires in Minnesota and Canada. Among the outdoor events canceled due to the smoke are tonight’s fundraiser concert at the Leelanau County Poor Farm Barn near Maple City. The story is the same throughout the region. “We currently can’t see across (Lake Charelvoix),” said Jenny Clasman, executive director of the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce, which canceled an outdoor concert set for Wednesday night. “I can see across the street, but it’s definitely foggy, cloudy. There is ash on our cars right now and it smells like burning tires.” Clasman, who has asthma, said she was having a hard time breathing and was wearing an N-95 mask outdoors.
