MINNEAPOLIS — Four Republican state lawmakers from the Midwest, including Rep. Elliott Engen of Minnesota, sent a letter this month to the International Joint Commission asking for a review of Canada's wildfir e management practices, citing "disrupted summer recreation" and a range of health issues for American citizens impacted by the smoke .

In addition to the IJC, which includes Canadian and American commissioners and has oversight of environmental issues affecting both sides of the border, the legislators also copied the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

"We are concerned that insufficient forest management and wildfire mitigation strategies may constitute negligence, exacerbating the transboundary impact on our states," the lawmakers wrote. "The 2023 Canadian wildfire sea

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