A wildfire risk map issued by the Oregon Department of Forestry ... owners about the level of hazard where they live. Assist in prioritizing fire adaptation and mitigation resources for the ...

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

There’s been a bit of controversy since Oregon officials released the wildfire property risk maps which are intended to ...

Republican lawmakers want to repeal the statewide wildfire risk assessment map, claiming it has skyrocketed insurance rates and harmed land values.

Deschutes County won’t join others that have asked the state to walk back its map assigning a wildfire hazard level to every ...

Republican state lawmakers held a press conference on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 on their efforts to repeal a wildfire risk map in Oregon, which they say is flawed.

(AP) — Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk ... going to change the probability of the fire occurring in the first place.” The two maps showing wildfire hazard levels and the ...

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 ...

It was the early morning on Jan. 10, Oregon firefighters’ first day on the line fighting the massive Palisades fire in Southern California that went on to burn thousands of acres, scorch ...