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

Here’s one that’s closer than you’d think, along the Lower Columbia River: Oregon State Highway 30 from Portland to the coast offers a whistle stop tour for wildlife and waterfalls.

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

Oregon lawmakers want to kill a wildfire risk map meant to identify areas of high risk that has become a lightning rod for anger from rural residents.