As used in this section and ORS 477.025:

1. (1) “Wildland” means:

   1. (a) Forestland, as defined in ORS 477.001; or
   2. (b) An unimproved area that contains enough unmanaged vegetation, at any time of the year, to constitute a fire hazard, in the judgment of the forester, regardless of how the area is zoned or taxed.
2. (2) “Wildland-urban interface” means a geographic area in which there is a concentration of dwellings in an urban or suburban setting near wildland.

[1997 c.429 §§3,8; 2021 c.592 §31; 2025 c.590 §3]