The highest concentration of high risk wildfire zones are located in Oregon’s southwest ... The road to the current map has been years in the making. After the initial wildfire map was released ...

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 ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry has published a draft of its new “wildfire hazards” map, which identifies the areas of the state most threatened by wildfires.

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

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — While lawmakers deliberate potential changes to the state's wildfire hazard map policy, some Oregonians say it needs to be scrapped altogether. A few dozen people opposed to ...

Oregon House and Senate Republicans are continuing to push back against the state's wildfire hazard map, introducing a bill ...

This month, state legislators and Deschutes County commissioners have heard from rural residents about their frustrations with the Oregon Department of Forestry's wildfire hazard map as a cause ...

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 ...

SALEM, Ore.--Those that own property in Oregon may still file their intent to appeal designations made by recently released wildfire hazard maps. Appeal forms must be received by March 10 to ...

This month, as constituents tried to convince me that the state wildfire hazard map caused increases in their ... As we witnessed during Oregon’s Labor Day 2020 wildfires and recent southern ...