(KPTV) - Wildfires have been a growing problem ... The latest version of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map is raising concerns from homeowners all across the state, especially in rural areas.

The gesture comes as county commissioners face pressure from property owners — mostly in rural areas — to advocate against ...

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 ...

(KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday ... living in some areas at high risk for wildfires will face stricter building codes and more rules ...

Even state Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, whose 2021 bill called for the map said he thinks it needs to go. State Sen. Anthony Broadman, D-Bend, told the Oregon Senate on Thursday he wants the map ...

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 ...

SALEM, Ore.- Monday, Oregon Republican legislators are coming out against the state’s wildfire hazard map and seeking its repeal. The map designates wildfire risk statewide. Oregon’s Republican state ...

3%: That is the percentage of wildfires that started and burned on private land from 2014 to 2023, according to Oregon Department of Forestry figures. In other words, the map puts the onus for ...

Its other aim is to help direct where fire mitigation resources may be needed most. RELATED: Oregon Department of Forestry releases final draft of wildfire risk map as insurance companies dump ...

There’s been a bit of controversy since Oregon officials released the wildfire property ... said there’s a lot of current practices in fighting wildfires that works but he says the maps don’t. “With ...

These maps, divide the state into three wildfire hazard classes, low, moderate, and high. An astounding 90% of Oregon is designated as moderate or high risk for wildfires. Property owners with a ...