Extreme heat warnings and heat advisories were issued across parts of the U.S. Southwest and Pacific Northwest on Friday.

A bill to repeal the state’s unpopular Wildfire Hazard Map passed the Oregon Senate unanimously in April, signaling it would ...

While gray whales and killer whales are the most well known whales off the Oregon coast, the state boasts many other species ...

A recent Virginia Tech study reveals that the Pacific Northwest faces a heightened risk of catastrophic flooding and ...

House Republicans accused Democrats of tabling a bill that would repeal the state's controversial wildfire hazard map for leverage to raid the kicker rebate.

Democrats say they want to repeal the map, but want to first evaluate it in the context of other wildfire bills.

Oregon lawmakers ... review by the House Climate Committee after passing the Senate, the law reverts to the requirements for ADUs before the heightened wildfire map requirements were enacted ...

A seasonal forecast released by the Climate Prediction Center ... for nearly every state, including Oregon and Washington, over the next three months. The map, which shows broad predictions ...

The wildfire hazard map, created by Senate Bill 762 in 2021, was meant to identify areas in Oregon with high wildfire risk. The map requires stricter building codes and defensible space ...

(Photo by Jonny Armstrong, courtesy of Oregon State ... habitat as climate change accelerates and are likely to seek homes in colder water at higher elevations. They created maps using ecological ...

Further, because the map was created by Oregon State University and the Oregon ... The map’s hazard ratings are based on weather, climate, topography and vegetation on a broad environmental ...

As Oregon’s legislators take on updating Oregon’s groundwater laws this session, through the water package proposed by Representatives Helm and Owens, these maps make it clear ... water and climate ...