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The Washington County Elections Division released the certified election results from the May 20 special district election ...
SALEM, Ore. — After getting feedback from thousands of Oregonians, state officials have withdrawn a map that identified the approximate wildfire risk for every corner of Oregon. The process ...
The now-pulled Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer map, created by Oregon State University as part of a new wildfire policy directed by Senate Bill 762, outlined wildfire risk at the property ownership ...
The first version of the Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer map, published earlier this year. The state retracted the map after public outcry. Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer “A lot of people were just ...
Nearly one million acres in Oregon have burned as 38 large wildfires remain uncontrolled across the state, including one of the nation's largest wildland fires. The majority of the blazes have ...
For the second time in two years, Oregon lawmakers want to kill a map meant to identify areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfires but that has become a lightning rod for anger from rural ...
The latest version of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map is raising concerns from homeowners all across the state, especially in rural areas. The problem is that many claim the map is inconsistent.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Department of Forestry has published a draft of its new “wildfire hazards” map, which identifies the areas of the state most threatened by wildfires.
The point of the Wildfire Risk Map, first published in 2022, was to inform lawmakers and agencies like the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office about where to ...
That said, there have been some arguments over this particular initiative over the last couple of years — this will be the second go-round for a map like this. The Oregon Department of Forestry ...
The Oregon Wildfire map. A contentious Oregon wildfire map that imposed new regulations on high-risk landowners may be swapped for incentives meant to promote home hardening and defensible space ...
Oregon Department of Forestry has been inundated with complaints after releasing a map of wildfire risk on every tax lot in the state. The Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer map, created by Oregon ...