We make the systems beneath decisions legible — so change becomes possible

Decisions don’t happen in isolation, they happen inside systems that cycle naturally.

Potential emerges. Forces organize. Change manifests. Results endure.

Across the Intermountain West, essential life systems — water, power, ecology, land, resources, and the civic cycle itself — have fallen out of alignment. Good ideas struggle for traction.

Intermountain exists to restore flow.

Most efforts stall for the same reason: They enter complex terrain without seeing its structure or listening to the rhythm of its movements. When system harmony is ignored, outcomes collapse into noise.

With decades of practice across interdependent systems, Intermountain reads the terrain and orients action to the right map.

Whether it’s vision seeking expression, a project needing approval, infrastructure dreams not yet integrated, or an enterprise ready for scale, we navigate across the entire civic ecosystem.

When the terrain becomes legible,
movement becomes possible.

Vision:

  • Message
  • Systems Mapping
  • Impact Presentations

-> Expand Possibility

Integration:

  • Institutional Alignment
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Civic Capacity Restoration

-> Build Tradition

Development:

  • Research
  • Advocacy Campaigns
  • Permit & Funding Approvals

-> Restore Flow

Renewal:

  • Storytelling
  • Mentorship and Succession
  • Legacy Forging

-> Transmit Culture

Intermountain works where
life systems intersect.

Map Your Terrain
  • Land Use
  • Water and Food
  • Energy Systems
  • Minerals and Materials
  • Recreation and Conservation
  • Tribal Nations

When these systems align,
renewal becomes possible.

Liberty expands when we steward our shared life systems together.

Taylor Canfield, Founder and CEO

Political and policy strategist navigating the Intermountain West's intersecting systems of water, energy, land, and governance.

Before founding Intermountain, led a national public affairs firm leading campaigns across federal, state, and local jurisdictions where infrastructure, resources, and sovereignty collide.

LinkedIn · taylor [at] intermountainpa [dot] com

Dr. Domenico Lepore, Chief Systems Architect

International expert in systems based management and innovative organizational design.

Experimental physicist and founder of Intelligent Management, transforming systems through network-based design across North America and Europe.

Based in the Intermountain West.

— Working wherever watersheds connect.