SALEM, Ore. — It’s that time of year when we’re thinking about wildfires, and right now the state is working on a map intended to help Oregonians know where the highest fire risks are. That said, ...

Oregon has a new draft map illustrating which areas are most susceptible to wildfires. Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Forestry released the proposed wildfire hazard map Thursday ...

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After Oregon’s devastating 2020 Labor Day fires, the Legislature passed a bill that was supposed to lead to more wildfire awareness and resilience. Among other things, Senate Bill 762 created a map of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Republicans in the Oregon legislature introduced a bill on Tuesday to repeal the state’s Wildfire Hazard Map, citing concerns that the wildfire resiliency tool is harming rural ...

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 ...

An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday after unanimously passing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill 83 ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact. A year after Oregon endures its most destructive fire season on record in 2020, state lawmakers ...

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For the second time in two years, Oregon lawmakers want to kill a map meant to identify areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfires but that has become a lightning rod for anger from rural residents ...

The Deschutes County Commission voted 2-1 Monday to file an appeal of the state’s wildfire hazard map on behalf of all 21,258 properties in the highest designation, a move intended to send a message ...