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A new map from the Oregon Department of Forestry estimates about 80,000 homes and buildings are in areas of high or extreme risk for wildfires. Some local municipalities have found that wildfire ...
The Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer map, created by Oregon State University as part of a new wildfire policy directed by Senate Bill 762, ... We’re four blocks from the city center. ...
PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether.Kotek directed the ...
The maps were developed by Oregon State University and ODF with three primary goals: Educate Oregon residents and property owners about the level of hazard where they live.
Oregonians who live in the state’s highest-risk wildfire zones will be subject to stricter building codes and requirements under a new hazard map released Tuesday by state fire officials.
The Oregon Department of State Lands keeps a map of the vital waterways where the state's most iconic and vulnerable fish species are born. To stream KGW on your phone, you need the KGW app ...
The bill repeals a map meant to identify parts of Oregon at high risk of wildfires that became a lightning rod for anger from rural residents.
PORTLAND, Ore. – A remade version of an Oregon state map that shows each property’s risk of wildfire will not be released as early as expected, the Oregon Department of Forestry announced ...