July 27, 2026 By Abdisa Kebebew, Washington State University After a wildfire, a watershed may no longer store and release water in the same way. Vegetation and litter that once intercepted rainfall and protected the soil may be severely re…
The Transformation Network (TN) aims to build resilient communities and ecosystems throughout the Intermountain Western United States. The TN represents a partnership between eight Western U.S. universities with over 100 partner organizatio…
Beresford, S., Ornelas, I., Bauer, M., Garrity, G., Bishop, S., Francis, B., Rillamas-Sun, E., Garcia, L., Vecenti, F., and Lombard, K. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2022.100033 Bingham, D. R., Rushforth, R. R., Stevens, B., Ruddell, B. L…
The Intermountain West Transformation Network (TN) is dedicated to fostering resilience in communities and ecosystems across the Western United. Supported by the National Science Foundation’s Sustainable Regional Systems Program under NSF G…
The Transformation Network’s Collaborative Working Groups (CWGs) facilitate cross-cutting opportunities and shared learning among projects, fostering collaboration and producing tangible outcomes. © Intermountain West Transformation Network…
The Transformation Network’s Place-Based Collaboratives (PBCs) provide a platform for place-based, convergent research, and ensure integration of research themes and educational activities. © Intermountain West Transformation NetworkThe Uni…
This project seeks to understand the history and impacts of Indigenous and settler-colonial water policy and management practices in the Colorado River Basin (CRB) and Poudre River Basin (PRB). Tribes and Indigenous communities hold the lon…
The goal of this project is to characterize how and where novel wildfire-watershed governance systems are created and to understand whether different governance systems vary in terms of adaptive management, effectiveness, and fairness, as w…
The goal of this project is to gather and examine research done along the San Juan River Watershed related to agricultural practices, in general, and perceptions of controlled environment agriculture, specifically, with measures that also i…
The long-term goal of this project is to develop a comprehensive food-energy-water system asset database and map across the Intermountain West. The long-term goal of this project is to develop a comprehensive food-energy-water system asset
The central goal of this project is to empower Indigenous communities with FEW security through the development and implementation of water treatment systems and controlled environment agriculture (CEA) greenhouse units integrated with resi…
Utah State University graduate student, Alex Theophilus (right), conducting a research interview with a government official in Yakima, WA during hisfield work for the “Characterizing Wellbeing Across the Intermountain West” project charter.…