Southwest Fire Science Consortium

@swfirescienceconsortium

Sharing wildfire information across the Southwest to support fire and resource professionals.
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Register now for our next FELL event! The Fire Ecology Learning Lab can be used by teachers and agency members who are tasked with teaching kids about #wildfire in ecosystems across the #Southwest. This training will enrich your summer programs. Participants will receive a Resource Backpack containing forest and fire ecology education tools, PLT Guide Books for K-12, and the FELL Field Guide. Learn more and register here! 🙋 /forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAs7MjUSwZ7SnEfVW7i-B0S298Slf6BJSfOBTKQkfl_1D5NQ/viewform
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Learn about prescribed fire in #NewMexico! May 16, 2026 | 8 AM - 3 PM at the Western Heritage Museum in Hobbs, NM. Resister here! https://rsvp.aces.nmsu.edu/plainfire
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Save the date!! 🌟 Our biannual Arizona Tribal Wildland Fire Summit – 2026 will be hosted by Gila River Indian Community summit December 1-3, 2026. Add it to your calendar now! We will send out more information about registration soon! /2026/02/25/arizona-tribal-wildland-fire-summit-2026/ Pictured: Our table at the 2024 Arizona Tribal Fire and Climate Resilience Summit at San Carlos Apache
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Learn about wildfire treatment data! Navigating Treatment Data: Choosing the Right Dataset for Your Needs Date: May 15, 2026, Time: 1-2:30 pm (ET) Participants will leave the webinar with a general understanding of these datasets, how to select a dataset based on their specific use case, and where to go to learn more. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/MqUMEKBzSbWXsq5QmMxJ7Q#/registration AGENDA Overview of the treatment data space Overview of the major datasets and their respective uses Q&A and facilitated discussion
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Are you an agency member who acts as an informal educator who works in Arizona or New Mexico? We have materials for you to bring into classrooms to teach K-12 kids about fire ecology. We even have created kits that include all the materials you need for teaching these lessons that are available for you! 👩‍🏫 Learn more! /agency-and-informal-educators/
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Learn about managed wildfire in a podcast hosting one of our co-PIs! 🎧🔥 /2024/10/31/fire-in-the-southwest-series-ep-5-using-wildfire-to-build-resilience-at-the-landscape-scale-with-dr-jose-pepe-iniguez/
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The #HazenFire is burning in Buckeye, AZ https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/azazs-hazen We produced a video on #wildfire on the Lower Gila River and how the invasive species, Tamarisk, has affected fire behavior. 📹 helps explain what is going on with this fire! /2024/03/04/lower-gila-restoration/
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Register for our webinar to learn from experts about the 2025 wildfire season in the Southwest and get their views on what's in store for the 2026 season. 🔥 /2026/04/23/the-southwest-fire-season-2025-overview-and-2026-outlook/ Worried you might miss out on future webinars? Fill out this form for our webinar subscription and never miss one our webinars again! /forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScW4C5apReqKt0yEUsM3TkLZ58j0fX9rod3KAgWK0KDbfpIuA/viewform
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Register for our webinar to learn from experts about the 2025 wildfire season in the Southwest and get their views on what's in store for the 2026 season. 🔥 /2026/04/23/the-southwest-fire-season-2025-overview-and-2026-outlook/
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Our next newsletter will be out soon! 📬 Click the link to get our newsletter which includes notice of our newest publications, events, and more! (This issue features a fact sheet on wildlife and wildfire, and a social media kit on wildfire smoke!) Find more here: /southwest-fire-news/
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Jobs, jobs, jobs! Check out our list of wildland fire and forestry jobs in the Southwest! 🌵🏔️ /southwest-job-board/
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Learn about our Fire Ecology Learning Lab (FELL)! The Fire Ecology Learning Lab was designed to help students in the Southwest explore the complexities of fire ecology in their region. We have lessons that include activities for agency staff members, environmental instructors, and informal educators to engage students in k-12. All the materials needed for these hands-on activities are included in our kits housed at partnering organizations across the Southwest. Learn more! 👩‍🏫 /agency-and-informal-educators/
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