A fire burns close to a home near the Rogue River. (Oregon Department of Forestry/Flickr) A statewide “wildfire risk map” that drew the ire of many Oregonians will return in several weeks with few ...

Several areas of La Jolla are identified as having “very high” fire hazards in a new assessment by Cal Fire, the first new map since 2011 laying out fire hazard zones across the state. Soledad Natural ...

Dave Miller: From the Gert Boyle Studio at OPB, this is Think Out Loud. I’m Dave Miller. Two years ago, the state of Oregon released a wildfire risk map. It put about half of the state’s tax loss in ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted unanimously Tuesday to eliminate the state's controversial wildfire hazard map, first introduced in 2021’s SB ...

Susan L. Cutter is a Carolina Distinguished professor of geography at the University of South Carolina where she directs the Hazards and Vulnerability Research ...

At “Let's Shake Your Community: Earthquake Hazard Mapping Approach for Community Resilience”, panelists and participants shared experiences bringing accurate scientific information to hazard mapping, ...

OLYMPIA — Lawmakers are laying the groundwork for the Department of Natural Resources to collect better information on landslide-prone areas and to make it more easily available for anyone who wants ...

An assessment of wildfire hazards across Oregon landscapes is getting a new name after drawing the ire of property owners previously identified as high-risk In this photo provided by the Deschutes ...