Health Professionals, Officials Worry About Another Threat: Wildfires

With wildfire season approaching, emergency planners urged Oregonians in rural areas to be prepared while health care professionals called on lawmakers to fund low-cost measures to protect residents.

The letter was followed by another from four of Oregon's U.S. representatives -- Greg Walden, Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici -- late last month to the U.S. Forest Service chief, asking for details on the agency's preparations for the wildfire season during the pandemic.