The latest version of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map is raising concerns from homeowners all across the state, especially in rural areas. The problem is that many claim the map is inconsistent.

The original version of the map, released in summer 2022 ... mostly in the grasslands of eastern Oregon. The 2020 Labor Day Fires blowup was the most destructive in state history in terms ...

homeless, but we’re not willing to pony up to fight fires, and we just have ... controversial wildfire risk map. In 2021, the Legislature tasked the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether. Kotek ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- 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 ...

The map ranks each property in Oregon as either low, medium or high hazard. Its purpose is to educate landowners about their wildfire hazard, assist with prioritizing firefighting resources and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's statewide wildfire risk assessment map has been a source of contention since its inception — and most recently, state House and Senate Republicans want to do away ...

to continue to accept all appeals of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map up to the Mar. 10 deadline but to pause sending the appeals to the Office of Administrative Hearings until after the legislative ...