California officials on Monday released another set of county maps rating the likelihood and severity of wildfires as part of an executive order by Gov. Gavin Newsom signed earlier this month.

After upheaval at the Department of Forestry, she says she and future governors should have the power to directly hire the ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said climate change is an existential threat to the state, she told KATU's Steve Dunn in an exclusive interview.

The state wildfire hazard map is dead or headed for a reckoning. We don’t know that for sure, so don’t get your hopes up if that is what you have ...

The state Forestry Division is assisting Ruidoso-area residents to restore acres of land damaged by the South Fork and Salt ...

After a bumpy time for Oregon's Department of Forestry and the abrupt resignation of its leader, Kotek wants to pick the next state forester.

Gov. Tina Kotek urged lawmakers this week to buckle down and make “hard decisions” about how to increase state funding for wildfire mitigation and fire fighting. She highlighted a wide ranging ...

Amid mounting criticism from the public and lawmakers from both parties, Gov. Tina Kotek has paused any further agency action on the state’s new Wildfire Hazard Map until the Legislature decides what ...

On Feb. 17, Republican lawmakers convened en masse in Salem to savage the map, the final version of which was published in ...

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 Republican legislators are coming out against the state’s wildfire hazard map and seeking its repeal. The map ...