• SW Fire Science Consortium
• Summary handout
  
• Introductory Powerpoint
• Webinar Topics
  
  

What is the Southwest Fire Science Consortium? The consortium will be a way for managers, scientists, and policy makers to interact and share science in ways that can effectively move new information to management practices. For more background information click here.

We have submitted a full proposal for the Consortium! A copy of the proposal is available here. We will announce JFSP funding decision on this webpage as soon as we can.

Meetings and Webinars

The SW Fire Science Consortium is planning a number of meetings to gather input from managers, partners organizations, and others.

• Ecological Impact of Mastication, March 2, 2010
  Please join us for a SW Fire Science Consortium webinar. We are happy to have Dr. Mike Battaglia present results from the Joint Fire Science Project on the Ecological Impact of Mastication. Mike will report on the impact of mastication on the chemical and physical conditions of the forest floor, vegetation regrowth, and fuel development. The study includes 18 sites across four ecosystems of the southern Rocky Mountains and the Colorado Plateau: lodgepole pine, mixed conifer, ponderosa pine, and piñon– juniper. These sites were distributed Colorado and represent treatments across several federal, state, and other land agencies implemented between 2004 and 2006. Results from the study will help managers understand the impacts of the addition of masticated material on forest ecosystems so that they can evaluate the potential benefits and costs of these treatments.
  
  Due to a technical glitch, we are having trouble with the audio portion of the presentation recording. The powerpoint presentation is available here.
  
  
• Consortium Workshops
  The workshops focused on creating a final draft of the SW Fire Science Consortium proposal. Workshops also featured presentations by fire science researchers.
  • Jan 12, 2010 Tucson - Agenda
  • Evaluation and diffusion of innovations - Gigi Owens
  • Knowledge Exchange and Technology Transfer - Gregg Garfin 
  • Science Priorities for Managing Buffelgrass Invasion & Altered Wildfire Regime in the Sonoran Desert - Julio Betancourt and others
  • Sky Islands ecosystems and landscapes - Don Falk
    
  
  
  • Jan 14, 2010 Albuquerque - Agenda 
  • Estancia Basin Watershed and Forest Health Experimental Monitoring Project - David Lightfoot and others
  • Hazardous Fuels Treatments& Fire Management - Lann Moore
  • Evaluation of LANDFIRE National Data at the Local Level - Lara Wood-Miller and Peter Rich
  
  
  • Jan 20, 2010 Flagstaff - Agenda