COEUR d'ALENE - While there have been a couple of small fires in North Idaho over the weekend, fire officials say the smoky skies are from larger fires in Washington.

There is so much smoke that the Department of Environmental Quality issued a health advisory on Monday.

"Due to wildfire smoke, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Shoshone and Benewah counties of degraded air quality," the advisory said. "Air quality currently ranges from the moderate category to unhealthy."

So where are the fires burning?

According to Shane O'Shea with the Idaho Department of Lands, aside from a small fire at Black Bay Park in Post Falls and one on Tubbs Hill, there wasn't much fire activity in Kootenai County over the weekend.

There were, however, fires in Bonner County near Cocolalla, and a larger fire near Bonners Ferry, according to Jason Kirchner with the Idaho Panhandle National Forest.

As far as the smoke goes, "It's all coming out of Washington right now. We have one smaller fire up in Bonners Ferry," Kirchner said. "It's called the Parker Ridge fire and it's at 76 acres."

He said the Parker Ridge fire is straddling the Pacific Northwest Trail, so they have been rerouting hikers to avoid the fire.

The fires generating most of the smoke in the region are burning in Washington. The largest fire is the Wolverine Fire, which is at 15,000 acres near Chelan. A smaller but significant fire is burning at 430 acres near Long Lake, Wash., just west of Spokane.

Tom Greif, a deputy chief for Coeur d'Alene Fire, said conditions are bone-dry and people need to understand that when recreating.

There have already been two significant fires on Tubbs Hill this year, and another 10-foot by 10-foot fire kicked up again on Sunday afternoon.

"It was small and I didn't even get paged out on it," he said, adding the fire was contained with a fire extinguisher.

"This one sounds like there were people up there stomping the fire out when we arrived," he said. "I would have to assume there is a very high likelihood that this fire was human-caused."

Stage 2 outdoor burning restrictions are in effect for North Idaho. That means no open burning and absolutely no campfires in the woods. They also include restrictions on smoking in the woods.

For more information on burn restrictions visit the Idaho Fire information blog at http://idahofireinfo.blogspot.com/p/fire-restrictions.html.

When air quality is unhealthy, the DEQ advisory said everyone may begin to experience health effects.

Members of sensitive groups may experience more serious effects and should avoid prolonged heavy exertion and stay indoors if possible. Everyone else should limit prolonged heavy exertion and limit time outdoors.