No worries. It was definitely confusing and there was no legend on the EPA’s map, so really it’s their fault.

Beth, I’m pretty sure you got it backwards. I’m looking at the map details and it says this: “low EQI scores represent better environmental quality while higher EQI scores represent poorer environmental quality.” Clicking on the map I see lower values in blue and higher values in red. So red actually does correspond…

This article perfectly describes why I love living in Alaska. Everything written above is a part of our weekly lives up here. People assume it is just “dark cold and miserable” but I would describe it as magical, cozy, and unbelievably gorgeous. Our community comes together in winter in ways that are hard to describe.…