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

On Feb. 17, Republican lawmakers convened en masse in Salem to savage the map, the final version of which was published in ...

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 ...

There’s been a bit of controversy since Oregon officials released the wildfire property risk maps which are intended to ...

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

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.

Rob Odom, an Oregon State University spokesperson, said the university experts who worked on the maps with the Oregon Department of Forestry ... and via email who believe officials at the State Fire ...

Oregonians who live in the state’s highest-risk wildfire zones will ... by state fire officials. The yearslong process to produce a map that designates every part of Oregon as low, moderate ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has ordered the Oregon Department of Forestry to continue to accept all appeals of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map.

Sen. Jeff Golden (D-Ashland) plans to reintroduce a bill to help wildfire-affected communities. Golden’s past attempts failed ...