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

Kotek directed the state forestry department to pause any further action based on the map until the Legislature decides to ...

State foresters and university experts redid the map, renamed it the Wildfire Hazard Map, changed some designations and ... which is not yet in bill form. Rob Odom, an Oregon State University ...

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

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 ...

A La Pine local is planning a peaceful rally this month in Salem. The focus is Oregon's wildfire hazard map. Veteran Bill ...

“The wildfire hazard map is informed by decades of research on the nature of wildfire, where it begins, why it exists, and what the challenges are,” Oregon State University College of Forestry ...

Republican state lawmakers held a press conference on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 on their efforts to repeal a wildfire risk map in ...

Gov. Tina Kotek urged lawmakers this week to buckle down and make “hard decisions” about how to increase state funding for ...

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 Oregon Senate Committee on Housing and Development wants to know what local groups need from them once severe weather hits.