Editor:
When it comes to summer field burning smoke, area residents are treated like second-class citizens.
The Department of Agriculture allows the heaviest burning on days with west-to-east wind conditions in order to avoid impacting more densely populated areas. By doing so, the Department of Agriculture seems to be saying that it is all right for east Linn County residents to breathe polluted air while it is not acceptable for Corvallis and Eugene residents to…