Kotek directed the state forestry department to pause any further action based on the map until the Legislature decides to ...

Wildfires have been a growing problem in Oregon for the last few years and there is an ongoing debate in Salem about how to best address the issue.

Oregon lawmakers want to kill a wildfire risk map meant to identify areas of high risk that has become a lightning rod for anger from rural residents.

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether.

In the last year, some areas had to be re-treated for wildfire mitigation — including the city cemetery, Art Gibbon Park ... the risk and we are creating maps, dashboards, that will target ...

A firefighter stands amid wildfire in El Bolson, in the Patagonian province of Rio Negro, Argentina(REUTERS/Marcelo Martinez) "This disaster left one fatal victim, devastated thousands of hectares ...

34 years after a wildfire turned his life upside down ... As they conversed, a poster for Octavia Butler’s novel ”Parable of the Sower,” considered prophetic by some in its depiction ...

Now intimately familiar with a wildfire's destructive powers ... As they conversed, a poster for Octavia Butler's novel ”Parable of the Sower," considered prophetic by some in its depiction ...

For example, about 58% of St. George, Utah’s 180,000 residents live in a “very high” wildfire risk area. Beyond metropolitan areas, FEMA maps show high-risk places in states not typically ...

A map from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shows the wildfires burning in Southern California as of Thursday morning. A map from the California Department of Forestry and ...

A fast-moving wildfire has erupted in North Carolina's ... are still creating dangerous conditions for fire spread. In the map below, you can see active incidents in the area marked as red ...

A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire fly down a residential street in Altadena, California, on January 8.