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Bill to eliminate controversial Oregon wildfire risk map moves forward
A bill that would eliminate a controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday.
State’s new fire maps won’t push up insurance rates, industry says
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Oregon Senate committee votes to scrap controversial wildfire hazard map
Lawmakers from both parties support scrapping Oregon's wildfire hazard map four years after devastating fires, saying it failed to accurately assess risk.
Oregon expands its map of critical fish habitat throughout the state
The Oregon Department of State Lands keeps a map of the vital waterways where the state's most iconic and vulnerable fish ...
Trump administration declares forest health emergency to ramp up logging in Oregon, West
The Trump administration declared a state of emergency in timber supply and national forest health across the United States ...
Oregon is drought free for the first time since 2019
For the first time since November 2019, Oregon is drought-free. READ MORE | March snowfall keeps Cascades snowpack above ...
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Oregon lawmakers ask insurers to pause dropping policies based on internal wildfire risk maps
Two Oregon lawmakers are calling on major insurance companies to stop using their own internal wildfire risk maps to drop ...
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Senators Broadman, McLane call on insurers to pause policy cancellations over their internal wildfire risk maps
Oregon State Senators Anthony Broadman (D-Bend) and Mike McLane (R-Powell Butte) said Friday they have issued a joint letter ...
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Oregon Republican lawmakers introduce bill to repeal ‘flawed’ Wildfire Hazard Map
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 ...