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Kotek directed the state forestry department to pause any further action based on the map until the Legislature decides to keep, update or repeal it.

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.

Letters informing some Oregon property owners they are in areas of high wildfire hazard were supposed to go out over a month ago. Residents are still waiting.

County commissioners from around Oregon voiced their concerns over the state’s draft wildfire hazard map in a meeting with officials on Monday.

Two years ago Oregon officials pulled their map showing the fire hazard of properties throughout the state. That was after public backlash by those worried the data would impact home values and insurance rates. The state has released a new draft map. And people are still concerned.

In the early days of mapping, between 1907 and 1930, there were plenty of places left to name in the Rogue River National Forest. Employees had to come up…