PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state’s contentous wildfire hazard map, which subjected homeowners in certain areas at high risk of wildfires to stricter ...

The Oregon House voted Tuesday to repeal a controversial wildfire hazard map and home-hardening requirements that accompanied it. Rural Oregonians and their representatives in the Legislature had ...

The 2024 wildfire season was the most expensive in Oregon history, costing $350 million — surpassing both the state's firefighting budget and subsequent bailouts from the legislature's emergency ...

Oregon Republicans have long insisted that the kicker — returned to Oregon taxpayers when personal income taxes collected by the state end up at least 2% higher than budgeted — is not to be ...

As Oregon heads into its peak wildfire months, August and September, Oregon’s public safety services and natural resource ...

Nobody could,” said Oregon Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, the sponsor of the 2022 map legislation. “The OSU guys came down and walked properties with me and they couldn’t either.” ...

Last year's report highlighted drought, insect pests, and tree diseases as the primary threats to Oregon's forests. The report is available online for public access.

Oregon State Parks face 14% budget deficit despite fee increases Additionally, ODF says regular rounds shot into tree stumps or other natural backstops can smolder for hours and start a fire long ...

Another often ignored rule, ODF said, is that anyone using a vehicle in state forests in the regulated use part of fire season must have a shovel and either a gallon of water or a 2.5-pound (or ...

TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST, Ore. (KTVZ) —The quick actions of Oregon Department of Forestry crews and rural fire departments have put out five fires just since May connected to target shooting.