/tags/wildfire-funding Wildfire funding en-US Copyright Wed, 02 Oct 2024 23:23:15 GMT /wildfire/2024-10-02/oregon-struggles-to-recover-more-than-24-million-from-people-responsible-for-wildfires 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. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 23:23:15 GMT /wildfire/2024-10-02/oregon-struggles-to-recover-more-than-24-million-from-people-responsible-for-wildfires Alex Baumhardt /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-09-06/oregon-house-republicans-target-forests-for-wildfire-reform-as-grass-and-shrubland-burns Three prominent Republicans are calling for legislative action on wildfire policy that targets scaling back forest conservation and logging restrictions. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:49:27 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-09-06/oregon-house-republicans-target-forests-for-wildfire-reform-as-grass-and-shrubland-burns Alex Baumhardt /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-06-12/northwest-leaders-try-again-for-more-federal-money-for-prescribed-burns-to-reduce-wildfire Oregon and Washington leaders are using the start of the region’s wildfire season to once again ask Congress for more money for prescribed burns. Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:49:05 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-06-12/northwest-leaders-try-again-for-more-federal-money-for-prescribed-burns-to-reduce-wildfire Alex Baumhardt /politics-government/2024-03-07/oregons-legislative-session-is-ending-without-solutions-to-wildfire-funding-issues Three proposals to boost wildfire funding this session have died though one bill, to protect wildfire survivor settlements, is on its way to Gov. Kotek. Thu, 07 Mar 2024 23:22:58 GMT /politics-government/2024-03-07/oregons-legislative-session-is-ending-without-solutions-to-wildfire-funding-issues Alex Baumhardt