The highest concentration of high risk wildfire zones are located in Oregon’s southwest, central and eastern areas, according to the map. In northwest Oregon, most of the Willamette Valley is ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

Two Oregon lawmakers are calling on major insurance companies to stop using their own internal wildfire risk maps to drop ...

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

Oregon State Senators Anthony Broadman (D-Bend) and Mike McLane (R-Powell Butte) said Friday they have issued a joint letter ...

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 ...

Two Oregon lawmakers are calling on major insurance companies to stop using their own internal wildfire risk maps to drop homeowners’ policies — at least until next year. In a Friday press ...