More Oregonians are visiting emergency rooms because of the impacts of excessive heat and poor quality from wildfires. Rural and elderly Oregonians and Oregonains of color are hit hardest.
Tag: WILDFIRE
AROUND OREGON: Thunderstorms fuel growth of Malheur County mega fire
The Durkee Fire is on a rampage over eastern Oregon rangeland, covering more than 270 square miles of ground.
New wildfire hazard map will be released with few changes after yearlong makeover
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.
Despite mild fire season forecast, agencies tell Oregon leaders they need to invest in workforce
Agency officials said firefighters are hard to hire and retain, and are often left to sleep in their trucks or camp on the job due to a lack of housing.
Northwest leaders try again for more federal money for prescribed burns to prevent wildfire
Sen. Ron Wyden is seeking a third to direct hundreds of millions of federal dollars for prescribed burning to the Forest Service and the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Curbing severe wildfire in Oregon depends on urgency, scale, of controlled burns by state and feds
State and federal agencies are coming around to Indigenous knowledge and science around the need for low-intensity fires to preempt severe ones.
State wildfire agencies prepared to respond to fire season but will need more staff in future
State wildfire leaders say they are struggling to attract more firefighters due to limited housing and low wages.
Oregon’s legislative session ending without much-needed solutions to wildfire funding issues
Three proposals to boost wildfire funding this session have died, though one bill, to protect wildfire survivor settlements, is on its way to Gov. Kotek
Property fee cut from controversial wildfire funding proposal, but big timber could still get break
A controversial wildfire funding proposal has changed in recent days. It’s sponsors will no longer ask all Oregon property owners to pay $10 a year to help offset fire protection costs on forest and ranch landowners.
Timber industry tied to proposal shifting wildfire protection costs from landowners to public
Several Oregon timber companies participated in a workgroup and proposal that would cut the fees they pay to the state for fire protection.