Senate Bill 83 would repeal a map meant to identify parts of Oregon at high risk of catastrophic wildfires but has become a lightning rod for anger from rural residents who say it places an unfair ...

which directed the Oregon Department of Forestry to map out fire-prone areas in the state. Under SB 762, homeowners living in areas that are at a high wildfire risk face stricter building codes ...

Consumer advocates argued for more up-to-date maps that could help assess risk to communities and impose more stringent requirements for utility infrastructure within high-threat areas.

Consumer advocates argued for more up-to-date maps that could help assess risk to communities and impose more stringent requirements for utility infrastructure within high-threat areas.

Consumer advocates argued for more up-to-date maps that could help assess risk to communities and impose more stringent requirements for utility infrastructure within high-threat areas. The maps show ...

Homes dot the hills and woods of Northwest Austin. The area is in an expanded zone of homes deemed at risk of wildfires. Businesses and homes that sit on just over half of all habitable land in the ...

Our analysis compares current conditions to those from the 1970s to highlight the increased risk players now face because of human-caused climate change — sub-optimal temperatures that could ...