The Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday repealing the state's controversial wildfire hazard maps.

After Oregon’s devastating 2020 Labor Day fires, the Legislature passed a bill that was supposed to lead to more wildfire awareness and resilience. But the resulting map led to a huge backlash ...

Oregon wildfire map finalized with 106K properties pegged for highest hazard expand The 2020 Labor Day wildfires inspired legislation in 2021 that required mapping of the wildfire hazard for all ...

The bill repeals a map meant to identify parts of Oregon at high risk of wildfires that became a lightning rod for anger from rural residents.

Many like Shiffer have filed appeals against the map. Enough that Oregon Republicans are calling for a change. “The map must be repealed, it has been universally rejected by property owners ...