Transformation Network
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 50 partner organizations representing Tribal partners, governmental and non-governmental organizations, public utilities, conservation districts, irrigation districts, and municipalities.
Core Research Themes
The TN team is advancing understanding of resilient headwaters, food-energy-water systems, and innovative and equitable governance models and institutions over a range of scales and domains.
Resilient Headwaters
The communities, ecosystems, and farmers of the IMW are heavily dependent on shrinking water supplies from mountain headwater systems. The TN is connecting innovators of the landscape management solutions that are required to reduce wildfire risks and cope with water shortages.
Food-Energy-Water Systems
Food-Energy-Water Systems (FEWS) are deeply intertwined in global food production, supply chains, and water and energy management. The TN is investigating transformative capacity across scales from local communities to the entire IMW region.
Innovative and Equitable Governance and Institutions
The TN is focused on innovating ways to elevate equity and justice through integrating science and new collective responses into governance systems and institutions at the local and regional scales.