The highest concentration of high risk wildfire zones are located in Oregon’s southwest ... The road to the current map has been years in the making. After the initial wildfire map was released ...

Sen. Jeff Golden (D-Ashland) plans to reintroduce a bill to help wildfire-affected communities. Golden’s past attempts failed, but wildfire funding remains a priority for lawmakers.

Oregon wildfire map shows where new codes on defensible space and fire hardening will apply. Oregon's wildfire hazard mapping is at last complete, with 106,000 properties — 6% of the state's 1.9 ...

PENDLETON, Ore. - Homeowners in Oregon are receiving letters from the state of Oregon through the Oregon Department of Forestry informing them of their wildland fire risk classification and their ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk wildfire areas defined by the state must now meet new building codes and reduce vegetation around their homes under new ...

The maps classify the wildfire hazard for every taxable property in the state, triggering some new requirements for home hardening and buffer zones. Oregon finalized a new system for managing ...

Although the state faces the threat of catastrophic wildfire every year, it lacks reliable funding to pay for response and protection, Sen. Jeff Golden writes. The kicker offers an opportunity to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk wildfire areas defined by the state must now meet new building codes and reduce vegetation around their homes under new ...

A wildfire risk map issued by the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon ... a news release said. The road to the current map has been years in the making. After the initial wildfire map was ...

Oregon homeowners living in certain areas at high risk of wildfire will face stricter building codes and mandates to reduce vegetation on their properties under new “wildfire hazard maps ...