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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – 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 ...

Wildlife everywhere faces a growing challenge: moving safely across an increasingly fragmented landscape. Roads, urban development, and other human-made barriers can make it harder for animals to ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State University and the state Department of Forestry recently released revised draft maps of wildfire hazards across the state. The maps are designed to help educate Oregon ...

An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday after unanimously passing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill 83 ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — A revamped version of a map indicating where the highest areas of wildfire risk are in the state of Oregon has been published, and the state is seeking public comment. The state ...

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 Oregon ...

The gathering of the attorneys general in Southeast Portland was notable because the attorney general of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, was in attendance. Willamette Week: Challenges facing OHSU president ...

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 residents ...

Note: The following transcript was transcribed digitally and validated for accuracy, readability and formatting by an OPB volunteer. Miller: This is Think Out Loud. I’m Dave Miller. After the ...

CANBY, Ore. — It may not look like much to passersby, but Parrott Creek in Canby is an important habitat for steelhead trout. Vital waterways like Parrott Creek and many others are marked out in a ...

Many beloved recreation areas across Oregon would be opened up to road construction and logging if the Trump administration rescinds a two-decade-old rule that protects wild areas in national forests ...