The yearslong process to produce a map that designates every part of Oregon as low ... space or using fire-resistant building materials due to a high wildfire risk and location within the wildland ...
Areas of Texas and New Mexico are at risk of wildfires developing over the weekend, meteorologists are warning.
La Pine residents tell us they saw a major increase in their homeowners' insurance following the Darlene 3 Fire ... with the Oregon Department of Forestry's wildfire hazard map as a cause ...
The gesture comes as county commissioners face pressure from property owners — mostly in rural areas — to advocate against the state’s map.
Even state Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, whose 2021 bill called for the map said he thinks it needs to go. State Sen. Anthony Broadman, D-Bend, told the Oregon Senate on Thursday he wants the map ...
The state’s wildfire maps ... risk ratings. More importantly, there is no justification for local cities to have lower risk ratings than rural residents. Almost all Central Oregon is a high ...
Discussions around repealing the state wildfire hazard maps continue to move forward in Deschutes County and the state ...