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 US Forest Service Interface South. Click here to contact 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
Association for Fire Ecology
Coalition for Prescribed Fire Councils
Conserved Forest Ecosystems Outreach and Research
Fire Research and Management Exchange System (FRAMES)
Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center
Longleaf Alliance
National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center
National Park Service
National Woodland Owners Association
North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental
Southeast Fire Ecology Partnership
Southern Group of State Foresters
Southern Regional Extension Forestry
Tall Timbers Research Station
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