A bill that would eliminate a controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday.

Under SB 762, homeowners living in areas that are at a high wildfire risk face stricter building codes and must reduce ...

A wildfire risk map issued by the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon State University breaks the state up into areas with low, moderate and high risk of wildfire. The map was roundly ...

But wildfire maps have been unpopular since almost ... the map was created by Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Forestry in a “landscape style way,” it led to flooded ...

Senate Bill 83, which seeks to repeal the controversial wildfire hazard map and the related regulations, advanced today after ...

Lawmakers from both parties support scrapping Oregon's wildfire hazard map four years after devastating fires, saying it failed to accurately assess risk.

The Wildfire Hazard Map was created in 2021 under the bipartisan Senate Bill 762, which directed the Oregon Department of Forestry to map out fire-prone areas in the state. Under SB 762 ...

The Trump administration declared a state of emergency in timber supply and national forest health across the United States ...

The Oregon Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted unanimously Tuesday to eliminate the state's ...

The report blames embers from the previously burning Beachie Creek Fire, managed by U.S ... Mill City and Lyons, the Oregon Department of Forestry released its investigation, via a pubic records ...