The map came with new requirements for risky properties. Scrapping it would end a “prolonged and ultimately pointless ...

An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved a step closer to reality after it passed the Oregon Senate.

The Oregon Department of State Lands keeps a map of the vital waterways where the state's most iconic and vulnerable fish species are born. Top US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ...

Oregon senators voted unanimously Tuesday to repeal a highly controversial wildfire hazard map. Republican lawmakers have repeatedly criticized the map, which they say has punished rural property ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Senate unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday in an effort to repeal the state’s controversial Wildfire Hazard Map. The Wildfire Hazard Map was created in 2021 ...

including the State Wildfire Hazard Map, while preserving the programs that genuinely protect property owners and reduce wildfire risks.” The bill now moves to the Oregon House of Representatives.

Oregonians are from Mars and the state’s wildfire hazard map was from Venus. There was an all-too-obvious difference between what Oregonians believed about the state’s hazard map and what policymakers ...

The commission was created in 1975 so Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes could advise state officials and agencies on ...

SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Senate today passed Senate Bill 83, which repeals the state’s wildfire hazard map created under Senate Bill 762 (2021) and removes the strict regulations that came ...