Oregon lawmakers on Sept. 10 approved $123 million to help cover costs from a wildfire season that burned more acres than any year in modern history. The Oregon Legislature’s Joint Emergency Board agreed to allocate $122.8 million to cover costs of fighting blazes that have burned 2.5 million acres, largely in the central and eastern parts of the state. …The 20-member joint committee can allocate funding when the full Legislature isn’t in session. It sent $108 million to the Oregon Department of Forestry, which fights wildland fires, and $15 million to the Department of the State Fire Marshal, which normally works to protect homes from blazes. …While this season saw a record number of acres burned, surpassing the record previously set in 2024, the season still pales in comparison to the impact of the 2020 Labor Day Fires, which burned fewer acres but destroyed far more homes and infrastructure and took 11 lives.