SW Fire Science Consortium

The SW Fire Science Consortium is a group who convenes managers, researchers, and policy makers to effectively share fire science information.

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NEW Webinar! Join us Thursday, October 27th! - https://t.co/PTevCJgA11

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Lots of jobs! 

Check out our Southwest Job Board that highlights careers in #forestry and #wildlandfire. We have recently added available positions in #Arizona, #NewMexico, and #Utah. Check it out ⤵️
https://t.co/8BeRfHdSgA

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It's Take Me Outside Week! 🌳👨‍🏫

From Oct 19–23, educators and learners are invited to celebrate outdoor learning through free virtual programming and curriculum-connected resources.
Registration is free: https://t.co/zmOarYW66M
#TakeMeOutside #TakeMeOutsideDay #OutdoorLearning

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Last week we attended the #NewMexico Wildland Urban Fire Summit. It was a great event! 🔥

Pictured: The field trip where we learned about how mastication treatments were used (you can see the course woody debris) to thin mostly small diameter oaks. 🌳🪚

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NEW Webinar! Join us Thursday, October 27th! - https://t.co/rtbzw8fKuh

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Register for our webinar on 4D-FUELS! Next week, Tuesday October, 27th at 11am AZ/12 NM

This presentation will discuss the development and accuracy of these maps and the efforts to use the workflow to measure changes in forest structure.

Register now! ➡️https://t.co/mrZQgpt2YU

[Sky Island Alliance @Sky_Islands]

Want to work in some of the Sky Islands’ coolest places, from the Pajaritos to the Chiricahuas and Pinaleños? We’re hiring a restoration manager with 5+ years of field experience. To learn more and apply, visit: https://t.co/2Kv6ZXV0ZQ. We’ll start reviewing apps on Oct. 26.

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NEW Webinar! Register now! - https://t.co/zK8PfSED1P

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Check out this publication by @GrandCanynTrust about wildfire management on the Kaibab Plateau and the Grand Canyon's North Rim. It provides a short history of fire in this region and then has 12 recommendations for managers. ⬇️🔥
https://t.co/34ZqNNCJKb

[AZ Dept. Forestry and Fire Management @azstateforestry]

The 2026 Community Challenge Grant is now open!

The Community Challenge Grant focuses on encouraging and promoting citizen involvement in long-term local community forestry programs. Local and tribal governments, non-profit organizations and public educational institutions are encouraged to apply.

For more information: https://t.co/YG0pAPtxBS

#AZForestry #UrbanForestry

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Webinar tomorrow!!! Join us Oct 8th at 11am AZ/noon Mountain standard time and learn about a new interactive decision-support tool for land managers to help prioritizing fuel reduction treatments to minimize fire risk and protect intact ecosystems.

https://t.co/aDtR9isfUd

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NEW Webinar! Join us Thursday, October 8! - https://t.co/9RypnbWCix

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Register for our next webinar:
https://t.co/aDtR9isfUd

Learn about a new interactive decision-support tool for land managers that assists with prioritizing fuel reduction treatments to minimize fire risk and protect intact ecosystems.

October 8th at 11am AZ/ 12pm Mountain time.

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Job alert! Be the next District Forester in #Flagstaff with the @azstateforestry Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management!

https://t.co/ibONsTAkfy

🔥Find other forestry and fire jobs in #NewMexico and #Arizona here:
https://t.co/8BeRfHdSgA

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Last week we had our annual in-person board meeting and then joined a field trip to learn about thinning projects @CoconinoNF

Our board is amazing and we want to give them a big thanks! They make everything we do possible 🌟👏

Learn about our board here: https://t.co/OlCns8UDgd

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Have you checked out our series on fire regimes in the #Southwest?? We provide multiple ways to learn about how #wildfire behaves and is supposed to behave (ie, how it acted in the past) in six different ecosystems in #Arizona and #NewMexico 🏜️🌲🔥
https://t.co/7pVD56OWyS

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Our Fire Ecology Learning Lab recently presented at the Arizona Association for Environmental Science Conference with Dr. Pamela Pelletier of the @uarizona on how to teach kids about Fire Ecology & Dendrochronology 🌲🔥 
Find our next event here! https://t.co/TWIfkkuoSB

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Wood for Life event:

Flagstaff Sat, Sept 26 (last large distribution for the season!)
For #NationalPublicLandsDay, meet at the Canyon Vista Project Site on Lake Mary Road from 7:30 AM to 1 PM.

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Check out this Wood for Life Event

"Tri Nation" Wood Lot Tinian, NM Sept 26 & 27
A volunteer work day starting at 8 AM. Needed: helpers , sawyers (bring your saws!), and folks to move, stack, and split wood. Lunch and drinks provided. Please note no wood will be handed out here.

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Do you have a strong interest in #wildlandfire science? @FireScienceGOV is looking for reviewers! 

Please consider serving as a peer reviewer fore JFSP. Link for the Peer Reviewer Interest Form (applications due by COB September 23rd) is below.

https://t.co/uaGduEZY8X