The SFE is comprised of fire managers, scientists, program administrators, outreach and extension specialists, landowners, and educators from the southern pine region. The consortium is led by the University of Florida, North Carolina State University, Tall Timbers Research Station, and the USFS Southern Research Station. Click here to email the SFE leaders and staff. A Steering Committee and Advisory Board representing more than 20 different organizations or agencies provide leadership, strategic direction, and approval for SFE activities and priorities.
As the South has a long history of fire science delivery and outreach, the SFE has multiple partners from non-profit organizations, federal and state agencies, and other fire-related groups.
- American Forest Foundation
- America’s Longleaf Initiative Regional Implementation Teams
- Association for Fire Ecology
- Chattahoochee Fall Line Conservation Partnership
- Coalition for Prescribed Fire Councils
- Fire Research and Management Exchange System (FRAMES)
- Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center
- The Longleaf Alliance
- National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center
- National Park Service
- National Woodland Owners Association
- North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
- Rangeland Technology and Equipment Council (RTEC)
- Southeast Fire Ecology Partnership
- Southeastern Region National Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy
- Southeastern Regional Partnership for Planning and Sustainability (SERPPAS)
- Southern Group of State Foresters
- Southern Regional Extension Forestry
- Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy
- Texas A&M University
- The Nature Conservancy
- University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation
- US Department of Defense
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- US Forest Service, Region 8
- US Forest Service, Southern Research Station, InterfaceSouth
- US Forest Service, Southern Research Station