PacifiCorp has waged a campaign, in the courts and now in the halls of the state Capitol, to reduce its financial obligation.
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 ...
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.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With multiple massive and deadly wildfires currently raging across the Los Angeles area, the parallels to what Oregon has faced — and may face again — have not been ...
Each of the 106,000 properties subject to the new wildfire rules will be contacted by the Oregon Department of Forestry to explain ... The road to the current map has been years in the making.
Over the weekend, a leader of the work group, state Sen. Jeff Golden (D-Ashland), unveiled a possible funding source: a ...
The two maps showing wildfire hazard levels and the wildland-urban interface were released by the Oregon Department of Forestry and developed by Oregon State University scientists. Under a state ...
Last year, wildfires ... Oregon communities, especially on Mount Hood, where the pockets of neighborhoods and businesses are hemmed along the edge of the 1.1 million acre Mt. Hood National Forest.
As more than 400 Oregon firefighters are responding to historic wildfires in Los Angeles, the Oregon state fire marshal on Sunday issued a statement rejecting misinformation claiming firefighters ...
The resignation of Oregon’s top forestry executive last week comes at a pivotal moment for environmental policies in the state. Lawmakers are a week away from convening a legislative session ...
Community members were vocal at a town hall meeting Thursday night to talk about the Oregon Department of Forestry's ...