Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 18 years and is host of theExplore Oregon Podcast. He can be reached atzurness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6801.

The maps classify the wildlife hazard level for each community in Oregon. Most of Central Oregon is in the "high hazard" category, which drew intense backlash here in the High Desert.

Oregon lawmakers last week voted to repeal the state’s wildfire hazard maps — along with their unpopular property requirements — with only a single dissenting vote: the Legislature’s lone ...

A wildfire burning out of control in Oregon, near the state’s border with Washington, has destroyed homes and forced hundreds of evacuations and closures of major roadways as gusty winds ...

Western Oregon and the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon are now under a moderate drought. This comes after weeks of abnormally dry conditions residing over these same areas.