“Our work for the river is absolutely impacting, hopefully benefitting the social ecology, because we are creating relationships across divides, urban-rural interests, old-school new-school, and frankly I really believe helping this basin avoid massive conflict, not that we don’t have some of that. … As the West evolves, we can model how we can do this in a more graceful way.”
Here's what we've learned so far
Our research continues, but we have certainly found great examples of how river and watershed organizations influence social-ecological resilience in the Intermountain West!
“Other projects that we’re involved in are irrigation modernization, so making irrigation infrastructure more efficient with their water use. And then also, we've helped with a few real site-specific like bank stabilization projects. … And really, our key function is bringing open lines of communication and partners together.”