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Protecting the Sonoran Desert from wildfire: Providing critical fire science to address a growing threat
The Southwest Fire Science Consortium has recognized the growing need for science on how to protect the sensitive ecology of the Sonoran Desert from the dual, and related, threats of invasive grass spread and wildfire. We have worked diligently on…
The Fire Ecology Learning Lab: Preparing the next generation for wildfire challenges
The Southwest Fire Science and others have partnered over the last five years to create and grow the Fire Ecology Learning Lab (FELL), a placed-based and standards-aligned K-12 curricula. FELL is a success story, especially over the last two years,…
Fighting for Firefighter Safety
Research to Implementation: A JFSP Success Story Wildfires are getting larger and more frequent across the Western U.S., which means more and more firefighters are being mobilized into action. Firefighters are constantly exposed to hazardous conditions while performing their jobs…
Southwest FireCLIME
Southwest FireCLIME is a multi-year research partnership between scientists and resource managers to synthesize current knowledge of regional climate-fire-ecosystem dynamics. Our project has addressed this goal through science synthesis, an annotated bibliography, modeling, a vulnerability assessment, and Fire-Climate adaptation tools.…
Working Together: Fire Managers and Archaeologists
The Southwest contains both some of the greatest of archaeological sites and landscapes in which fire plays a major role in the ecosystem. Due to the widespread prevalence of both fire and cultural resources, archaeologists and fire managers must work…
Success Stories
These Success Stories relate to fire research and/or fire management and have been directly or indirectly supported by the Southwest Fire Science Consortium. Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project Wildland Urban Interface Summits in NM and AZ Spreading innovation: Successful management case…