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Extreme Fire

by swfscPodcasts July 7, 2020March 8, 2024No Comments

Hot and Dry Podcast Series EPISODE SUMMARY Cally and Collin talk with experts on extreme fire behavior. We learn it is more complex than it seems and the exact definition is hard to pin down. EPISODE NOTES Discussion on extreme fire. How can we prepare for it? How might it change in the future? How …

2019 SW Wildfire Season Overview

by swfscSouthwestern Wildfire Season Overview June 29, 2020March 8, 2024No Comments

2019 Wildfire Season: An Overview- Southwestern U.S. by Michael Lynch and Alexander Evans.

After the “Big One” part 1

by swfscPodcasts June 9, 2020March 8, 2024No Comments

Released June 9, 2020 as part of the Hot and Dry Podcast Series by Cally Carswell and Collin Haffey, supported by the Southwest Fire Science Consortium. There is no single definition of what makes a single fire the “big one.” But there are some common factors: extreme fire behavior, dramatic fire severity, watersheds burned, and communities …

Read more “After the “Big One” part 1″

Wildfire and COVID-19 Response

by swfscPodcasts May 27, 2020March 8, 2024No Comments

Released May 26, 2020 as part of the Hot and Dry Podcast Series by Cally Carswell and Collin Haffey, supported by the Southwest Fire Science Consortium. Cally and Collin talk with experts on how COVID-19 is changing the way we respond to fires across the Southwest and the US. The virus has umm… infected… every …

Southwest Fire Season 2019 Overview and 2020 Outlook

by swfscWebinars April 8, 2020March 8, 2024No Comments

Date: April 29, 2020 11am AZ/12pm MDT Presenters: Michael Lynch and Zander Evans, Forest Stewards Guild and Rich Naden, Fire Weather Meteorologist, Southwest Coordination Center The purpose of this webinar is to review 2019 fires and look ahead toward conditions for 2020. Dr. Zander Evans will present an overview of the largest fires in the …

January 22, 2020: PODs in Strategic Wildfire Risk Planning: applications, lessons learned, and future directions

by swfscEvents, Webinars January 6, 2020March 9, 2024No Comments

Presenter: C.D. O’Connor, Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station Human Dimensions Program Date: January 22, 2020 12pm Mountain Time Wildfire is one of the most contentious subjects affecting land managers, land owners, and the public. As a contagious process, the social, political, and ecological ramifications of wildfire response and eventual fire outcomes are not limited to …

2018 SW Wildfire Season Overview

by swfscSouthwestern Wildfire Season Overview July 2, 2019March 9, 2024No Comments

2018 Wildfire Season: An Overview- Southwestern U.S. by Michael Lynch and Alexander Evans

A game changer: Prescribed fire and Mexican spotted owls

by swfscVideos June 10, 2019March 9, 2024No Comments

In the fall of 2018, the Coconino National Forest, in partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, conducted prescribed fires in Mexican spotted owl protected activity centers (PACs). This video describes this project. View the YouTube video here.

Smoke in the Southwest

by swfscPodcasts May 12, 2019March 9, 2024No Comments

In the Southwest, most ecosystems are adapted to some form of wildland fire. Smoke, the major byproduct of fire, is a real health issue, and finding ways to deal with this reality is discussed by several federal employees who work in land management.

Click here to listen to our “Smoke in the Southwest” podcast by Caitlyn Burford.

2019 Cultivating Pyrodiversity- 8th AFE International Fire Ecology & Management Congress

by swfscConference, Events April 23, 2019March 9, 2024No Comments

The Association for Fire Ecology is excited to be hosting this event in Tucson, Arizona in cooperation with the Southwest Fire Science Consortium. Presentations will feature the latest in research results, applications, case studies, and lessons learned, and special sessions will be designed to unify science and application and to create opportunities for interdisciplinary learning. …

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Extreme Fire

2019 SW Wildfire Season Overview

After the “Big One” part 1

Wildfire and COVID-19 Response

Southwest Fire Season 2019 Overview and 2020 Outlook

January 22, 2020: PODs in Strategic Wildfire Risk Planning: applications, lessons learned, and future directions

2018 SW Wildfire Season Overview

A game changer: Prescribed fire and Mexican spotted owls

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