After Oregon’s devastating 2020 Labor Day fires, the Legislature passed a bill that was supposed to lead to more wildfire awareness and resilience. But the resulting map led to a huge backlash ...

Four years of work and multiple drafts later, the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map has gone up in smoke. In a unanimous decision, a Senate committee approved Senate Bill 83, which would ...

July 03, 2023 at 5:12 pm PDT. You are here. Three simple words, but freighted with meaning. What is the Fourth of July, after all, but an occasion to remind ourselves where we live and why we ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Forestry has published a draft of its new “wildfire hazards” map, which identifies the areas of the state most threatened by wildfires.The Oregon ...

Draft versions of the revised statewide wildfire hazard and wildland-urban interface maps has been made available to the public for review and comment on Oregon State University’s Wildfire Risk ...