The Cape Falcon trail rewards hikers with breathtaking coastal vistas, while the path to Short Sand Beach (affectionately known as “Shorty’s” by locals) leads to a protected cove popular with surfers ...

The bill repeals a map meant to identify parts of Oregon at high risk of wildfires that became a lightning rod for anger from ...

After Oregon’s devastating 2020 Labor Day fires, the Legislature passed a bill that was supposed to lead to more wildfire awareness and resilience. But the resulting map led to a huge backlash ...

Oregon’s wildfire map is again headed for the trash, and this time it might stay there. After years of working to chart the areas in the most danger of wildfires, Oregon lawmakers are conceding ...

“Wildfire maps are not a great phrase to have in statute these days,” said Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, who was originally a proponent of the idea after large-scale fires devastated Oregon ...

Bill would remove Oregon wildfire risk map's mandates SB 83 removes any state mandate that properties in high risk wildfire areas use fire-resistant building codes or require defensible space ...

Enough that Oregon Republicans are calling for a change. “The map must be repealed, it has been universally rejected by property owners across the state,” House Minority leader Christine ...

(This story has been updated with additional information) 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 ...

Oregon hasn’t experienced an event like this in living memory, but there have been analogous quakes. In 2011, for example, the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan killed around 20,000 people.

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon has finalized its statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface, with the final versions now accessible on the Oregon Explorer website.

Oregon State University By Pete Danko – Staff Reporter, Portland Business Journal Jan 7, 2025 Updated Jan 8, 2025 3:54pm PST Preview this article 1 min ...

Oregon issues new ‘wildfire hazard maps’ for homeowners living in high-risk areas In Oregon, the new building and so-called defensible space codes will affect only about 106,000 tax lots.