Republicans touted different pieces of legislation — such as Senate Bill 678 — that would eliminate the map. If ...

On Feb. 17, Republican lawmakers convened en masse in Salem to savage the map, the final version of which was published in ...

The point of the Wildfire Risk Map, first published in 2022, was to inform lawmakers and agencies like the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office about where to best ...

There’s been a bit of controversy since Oregon officials released the wildfire property risk maps which are intended to ...

Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a ...

Kotek directed the state forestry department to pause any further action based on the map until the Legislature decides to ...

Republican lawmakers want to repeal the statewide wildfire risk assessment map, claiming it has skyrocketed insurance rates and harmed land values.

Democratic state Senator Anthony Broadman of Bend on Thursday joined a recent call by Republican lawmakers to repeal the ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has paused appeals to the Wildfire Risk Map. It shows properties in the state that are in high fire areas that will need to increase fire prevention for new ...

(KOIN) – Months after Oregon’s historic wildfire ... and injured civilians and fire responders, federal help to mitigate future wildfires could be at risk, according to a group of senators.

The highest concentration of high risk wildfire zones are located in Oregon’s southwest, central and eastern areas, according to the map. The Rail Ridge Fire burns in eastern Oregon in summer 2024.