On October 30, 2003, a few days in the aftermath of San Diego’s wildfires, seventy concerned individuals gathered together at the San Diego Natural History Museum to share their reactions to the 2003 Wildfires and discuss what might be done to assist in the recovery from the fires.  Out of that meeting the San Diego Fire Recovery Network was formed as an open network of individuals from more than 100 scientific and community organizations, and public agencies working together to foster the recovery of our human and natural environment through sound science, public education, land and community restoration.  In the first two months, participants worked together on public education about erosion control measures, data acquisition and retention, webpabe for long-term data retrieval, volunteer projects, and web-age esblishment. 

Since then, the San Diego Fire Recovery Network (SDFRN) has brought together hundreds of professionals from diverse backgrounds to foster the recovery of our human and natural environment through sound science, public education, land and community restoration.  More than 450 professionals have attended one or more of the workshops, field trips, and meetings of the San Diego Fire Recovery Network.  Many have provided public education programs and assisted the San Diego Natural History Museum to design and produce the Earth, Wind & WILDFIRE exhibition.