This report is the tenth in a series of annual Southwest wildfire season overviews available from the Southwest Fire Science Consortium and the Ecological Restoration Institute. The goal of this overview is to provide a concise summary of the fire season and to facilitate comparisons with past fires and fire seasons. It follows the format …
This report is the 9th in a series of annual overviews available from the Southwest Fire Science Consortium and the Ecological Restoration Institute. The goal of this overview is to provide a concise summary of the fire season and to facilitate comparison with past fires and fire seasons.
by M. Lynch and A. Evans. In 2020, wildfire burned 1,068,373 acres in the Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico), which is greater than the average number of acres burned annually in these two states over the previous ten-year period.” Arizona had significantly more wildfire (929,522 acres) than its ten-year average (305,623 acres), while New Mexico …
2019 Wildfire Season: An Overview- Southwestern U.S. by Michael Lynch and Alexander Evans.
2018 Wildfire Season: An Overview- Southwestern U.S. by Michael Lynch and Alexander Evans
2017 Fire Season: An Overview – Southwestern U.S. by Michael Lynch and Alexander Evans.
2016 Wildfire Season: An Overview – Southwestern U.S PDF by Alexander Evans.
Read the 2015 Wildfire Season: An Overview – Southwestern U.S. PDF.
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