By Mathew Riffe, Real Clear Wire When it comes to celebrating Constitution Day, it may be considered atypical to think of the Declaration of Independence. After all, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were two separate documents authored 11 years apart, written for two very distinct reasons, and penned by different authors. Yet both documents were integral in creating …
House Republican Leader Jeff Helfrich (R-Hood River) and state Representatives Ed Diehl (R-Stayton) and E. Werner Reschke (R-Klamath Falls) are calling for legislative action to improve wildfire prevention and suppression efforts next session. Oregon has recently experienced severe wildfires, covering over 1.5 million acres – the largest area in the United States. “Lives, property, and livestock are lost when fires ravage our state. This is the …
A revised Oregon Wildfire Map was released on July 18. This map is available at the Oregon Explorer website. https://hazardmap.forestry.oregonstate.edu/ Release of this map began a 30 day period to comment on the map. The revised map changes “Risk Map” to “Hazard Map” and combine the Extreme Risk and High Risk areas into High Hazard. The Low Risk and No Risk areas …
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