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Courtesy of Rachel Brozovich/Oregon State Fire Marshal's OfficeBudget woes, combined with cuts to the federal wildfire-fighting workforce and President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff and sovereignty threats against Canada, have made it more difficult for state officials to plan for the upcoming wildfire season. -
Courtesy of Grant County Emergency ManagementHouse Bill 3940 is a mash of options proposed by a wildfire funding work group that looked into the challenges of paying to mitigate, suppress and fight fires.
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The governor has proposed spending climate bond money dedicated to wildfire mitigation in various ways. Some lawmakers think a focused strategy would be more effective. -
The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources will be available to help prevent and fight wildfires, raising the specter of even more destructive blazes across the American West, fired workers and officials said. -
Pauses in funding are shutting down wildfire prevention and education programs. -
Oregon could have far fewer firefighters ready to battle blazes on federal lands next fire season 鈥� and may do less advance work aimed at mitigating the risk of large fires 鈥� due to the Trump administration鈥檚 hiring freeze and funding cuts, according to U.S. lawmakers. -
The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week. -
As the Oregon fire season trends longer and fires burn larger, those who work with Oregon鈥檚 rural forest protective associations are grappling with questions about how they will retain personnel and secure enough funding to fight the fires of the future. -
The Legislature spent $218 million to cover the costs of the most expensive fire season on record. -
This year鈥檚 record wildfire season has left contractors who fought fires sitting unpaid for months. -
The $20,000 salary increase for wildland firefighters in the 2021 infrastructure law could be coming to an end next week if Congress doesn鈥檛 act. -
State agencies say they don鈥檛 have enough money to pay for a fire season that burned almost 2 million acres. Lawmakers will step in to help next month. -
A partial list from the Oregon Department of Forestry shows it has collected $86,000 of $24 million it paid to fight several dozen wildfires that were maliciously or negligently ignited over the last two decades. -
Three prominent Republicans are calling for legislative action on wildfire policy that targets scaling back forest conservation and logging restrictions.
