The gesture comes as county commissioners face pressure from property owners — mostly in rural areas — to advocate against ...

House Republican Leader Christine Drazan, R-Canby, speaks at a news conference announcing plans to kill Oregon's recently released wildfire risk map. After the historically destructive 2020 Labor ...

A public town hall was held Saturday at White Mountain Middle School in White City about Oregon’s wildfire hazard map.

While lawmakers deliberate potential changes to the state's wildfire hazard map policy, some Oregonians say it needs to be ...

The point of the Wildfire Risk Map, first published in 2022, was to inform lawmakers and agencies like the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office about where to ...

Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, also supported repealing the wildfire map “that has so many people scared and confused.” After the historically destructive 2020 Labor Day wildfires, the Oregon ...

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 ...

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The point of the Wildfire Risk Map, first published in 2022, was to inform lawmakers and agencies like the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office about where to ...