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Hello Colleagues, We are welcoming Spring right now, sharing information, and gearing up for what is shaping up to be a busy fire season. In this edition of SW Fire E-News, we share a resource for homeowners, new educational videos explaining fire weather, webinar recordings, and a couple big upcoming events. We hope you find these resources useful!
Regards, The SW Fire Science Consortium Team |
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UPDATESNew releases from the SW Fire Science Consortium |
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Download: Southwest Fire Maps |
From your office to the field, our new fire maps of Arizona and New Mexico were made to be a quick reference guide. Shown are the fires listed in our Wildfire Season Overview products as well as any fire over 100,000 acres. All of the maps are georeferenced and can be put on Avenza or a similar app to be utilized on a mobile device!
Explore and download the maps here. |
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New Fact Sheet: Reducing Fire Risk to Homes |
A new resource containing steps homeowners can take to reduce fire risk. We especially like the list that debunks common misconceptions of wildfire risk in the WUI. Please print, handout & share the link. Let us know if you would like copies.
Read it here.
Photo: WUI Community by Cat Edgeley |
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Fire Weather Resources |
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We’ve been partnering with the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Fire Behavior Subcommittee to update educational materials on fire weather.
Watch the videos: Introduction to Fire Weather Guide to Weather Forecasts Heating and Cooling of the Earth and Air Wind and Its Impact on Fire Behavior
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| New Social Media Accounts
Please follow us on our new & old accounts!
Instagram @swfirescienceconsortium Facebook @Southwest Fire Science Consortium X (Twitter) @swfirescience You Tube @SWfirescience
Image: Snapshot of our Twitter feed |
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CALLING ALL EDUCATORS! |
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Register here! Registration closes Monday, April 29th at 5:00 pm (MT) Learn more about Fire Ecology Learning Lab on our website or this flyer. |
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HOT STUFFThe Latest Research & News from around the Southwest |
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| Fire in the desertFueled by invasive grasses and climate change, desert fires are growing larger and more dangerous.
Feature article in PNAS supported by SWFSC Read it here. |
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| Smoke 101. New resources from Rocky Mountain Research Station. An often-overheard phrase, "there is no future without smoke," describes fire, and associated smoke, as an ecological process inextricably tied to western forests. While fire can provide many benefits such as reducing fuels and renewing forests, smoke from fires poses a serious challenge to public health, land managers, and air quality regulators. So, can we reduce these challenges? Find out more here. |
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| Story of Managed Fire - Example from San Juan National Forest. Read the stories here or watch a video here. To dig deep into the concept of managed fire or fires that start as natural ignitions and are not full suppression, check out our recent synthesis here. |
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| NM All Hands All Lands Rx Crew Learn more about work going on in New Mexico to create resilient forests and communities.
Read the story map here. |
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Research: Forest Conversion Risk High in SW |
In the Southwest under extreme burning conditions, 61% of trailing edge forest and 30% of all forest are at elevated risk of fire-facilitated conversion to non-forest. This reality will influence management of forests. Management that includes fuel reduction projects and use of beneficial fire can decrease the risk of conversion.
Read more here. |
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Northern Arizona University Student Association for Fire Ecology (SAFE) club seeking gear to help in their training. |
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KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGEWebinars, conferences, trainings & more! |
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SWFSC Webinars |
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Conference & Workshops |
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May 15: Proposals Due for Special Sessions and Workshops July 15: Proposals Due for Oral Presentations August 15: Proposals Due for Poster Presentations and Meetings/Activities Want to be a sponsor or exhibitor at the conference? Learn more here. |
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Save the date for the Arizona Tribal Fire & Climate Resilience Summit. Please reach out if your work focuses on tribal fire and climate resilience and want to be included in our call for registrations. Email: swfireconsortium@gmail.com |
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The Diné Forest and Climate Teach-In aims to broaden community perspectives on forests and climate change, fostering dialogue on forest restoration, reconnection, and solutions. Priority topics will include climate change, fire ecology, watershed issues, forest concerns, cultural revitalization, and plant conservation. The event will be open to the public. This event is co-sponsored by the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree Ring Research (UA-LTRR), Southwest Fire Science Consortium (SWFSC) and AZ Wildfire Initiative (AZWI), and organized by a planning team from UA-LTRR, NAU Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI), AZWI, SWSFC with support from the NAU Southwestern Mountains Climate Resilience Center (SMCRC). This event is open to the community at large.
Please share widely and if you have any questions, you may contact Jaime Yazzie - jaime.yazzie@nau.edu.
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NEED SUPPORT?We provide outreach, knowledge exchange products, travel grants, and organizational support for fire-related events in the Southwest. | |
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The Southwest Fire Science Consortium is a JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network Funding also provided by: |
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QUESTIONS? IDEAS? RESEARCH?
Contact Molly McCormick, Program Manager
(928) 853-1148 // molly.mccormick@nau.edu |
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