Oregon Pauses Wildfire Risk Map Development
The Oregon Department of Forestry has temporarily stopped the process of creating a wildfire risk map after getting complaints from 2,000 Oregonians.
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The Oregon Department of Forestry has temporarily stopped the process of creating a wildfire risk map after getting complaints from 2,000 Oregonians.
A map created to show wildfire risk in Oregon — and impose new codes on people that live in high or extreme risk areas — was withdrawn after pushback.
The Oregon Department of Forestry has temporarily stopped the process of creating a wildfire risk map after getting complaints from 2,000 Oregonians.
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A new map in Oregon that rated the wildfire risk of every tax lot in the state — labeling nearly 80,000 structures as high-risk — generated so much pushback from angry homeowners that officials abruptly retracted it, saying they had not done enough local outreach before publicizing the ambitious project