Oregonian

Oregon county to file mass appeal of state’s wildfire hazard map

The Deschutes County Commission voted 2-1 Monday to file an appeal of the state’s wildfire hazard map on behalf of all 21,258 properties in the highest designation, a move intended to send a message ...
KTVZ

Oregon lawmaker proposes changing revised state wildfire risk map to curb anger and rumors

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan package of wildfire prevention ...
KTVZ

Oregon Department of Forestry releases revised statewide wildfire hazard zone maps after initial version was pulled

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The revised statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface are complete and final versions are now available on the Oregon Explorer website, the Oregon ...
Oregonian

How rapid spread of misinformation pushed lawmakers to kill Oregon’s wildfire risk map

This story was originally published by ProPublica. This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact. A year after Oregon endures its most destructive fire season on record in 2020, state lawmakers ...