Oregon Governor Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state ...

Democratic state Senator Anthony Broadman of Bend on Thursday joined a recent call by Republican lawmakers to repeal the ...

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

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

Amid mounting criticism from the public and lawmakers from both parties, Gov. Tina Kotek has paused any further agency action ...

Oregon Republican legislators are coming out against the state’s wildfire hazard map and seeking its repeal. The map ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...

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

The state wildfire hazard map is dead or headed for a reckoning. We don’t know that for sure, so don’t get your hopes up if that is what you have ...

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 ...

Baker County’s three commissioners have signed a letter opposing the Oregon Department of Forestry’s latest version of a ...