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

Despite a five-fold increase in state-designated danger zones, private carriers use their own risk templates for determining ...

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

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

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

On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 83.

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 ...

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

And everyone in the very-high zones must maintain 100 feet of fire-safe landscaping around structures. Similar maps sparked a homeowner uprising in Oregon in 2022. “A tidal wave” of property ...