Oregon lawmakers want to kill a wildfire risk map meant to identify areas of high risk that has become a lightning rod for ...

Republican state lawmakers held a press conference on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 on their efforts to repeal a wildfire risk map in ...

Wildfires have been a growing problem in Oregon for the last few years and there is an ongoing debate in Salem about how to best address the issue.

Kotek directed the state forestry department to pause any further action based on the map until the Legislature decides to ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether.

On Jan. 7, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) issued wildfire hazard maps covering the entire state. These maps, divide the state into three wildfire hazard classes, low, moderate, and ...

Republican lawmakers want to repeal the statewide wildfire risk assessment map, claiming it has skyrocketed insurance rates and harmed land values.

Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a ...

The Ashland lawmaker wants the map to designate the risk level of broad areas rather than naming the risk of individual ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry is accepting all appeals to the statewide wildfire hazard map up until Mar. 10, under ...

Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan package of wildfire prevention initiatives, including one that ...