The map, created by the Oregon Department of Forestry at the ... Pam Marsh, a Democrat from Ashland and a key voice in wildfire-related legislation, gave the first explanation as to why.

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An Oregon bill that ... Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, also celebrated the bill's progress. “I think it’s a big day,” he told the Statesman Journal. “The map really handicapped our collaboration ...

A structure destroyed by the 2020 Oregon wildfires. (Courtesy U.S. Forest Service.) Oregon lawmakers are working to disentangle requirements for rural “accessory dwelling units,” commonly ...

(KOIN) – The Oregon ... a wildfire map that made no logical sense to thousands of affected people,” said Senate Natural Resources and Wildfire Committee Chair Jeff Golden (D –Ashland).

Oregon senators voted unanimously Tuesday to repeal a highly controversial wildfire hazard map. Republican lawmakers have repeatedly criticized the map, which they say has punished rural property ...

A contentious Oregon wildfire map that imposed new regulations on high ... said Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, the committee’s chair. “I’m grateful for the consensus that has developed this ...

With this step forward, we’re delivering the change that rural Oregon ... the hazard map, which flunked the basic common-sense test for so many property owners, had Oregonians angry and divided,” said ...

Last week, Oregon Republican legislators in both the House and Senate called for the maps’ repeal. Ashland State Senator Jeff Golden, a Democrat and the sponsor of SB 762, says repealing the maps must ...

Much of rural Oregon is in the third category, colored red on the state map. Southern Oregon cities such as Medford and Ashland appear as small dots of green (low risk) surrounded by vast swatches, ...

(KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday ... State Senator Jeff Golden (D-Ashland) added, “There are hard wildfire seasons ahead of us ...