THE GOAL OF THISPROJECT IS TO GUIDE ONGOING LAND USE CHANGE IN THE IPNW TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES AND FOOD SYSTEMS. THE REGION HAS DISTINCT CLIMATE ZONES LARGELY DETERMINED BY A STEEP PRECIPITATION GRADIENT. IN EACH OF TWO PREDOMINANT HIGHER PRECIPITATION ZONES, THE PROJECT WILL EXAMINE ONE INCREMENTAL ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM (WINTER PEA INTEGRATION) AND ONE TRANSFORMATIONAL ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM (LIVESTOCK INTEGRATION) (NELSON ET AL., 2007; USDA, 2012) TO ACHIEVING THIS GOAL. IN A THIRD, LOWER-PRECIPITATION CLIMATIC ZONE, THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON INCREASING CROP DIVERSITY AND REDUCING FALLOW. THESE ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BASED ON ONGOING RESEARCH AND INTEREST OF THE REGION'S PROGRESSIVE PRODUCERS. EACH HAS POTENTIAL FOR ADOPTION LEADING TO DIVERSIFICATION AND INTENSIFICATION, SUSTAINED PROFITABILITY, AND GREATER ADAPTIVE CAPACITY OF WHEAT-BASED FARMING SYSTEMS. RESEARCH AND OUTREACH RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHEAT SYSTEMS IN THE REGION OVER DECADES, INCLUDING A CULMINATING USDA-NIFA CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY CAP (REACCH: REGIONAL APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE) HAS INFORMED THE FRAMING OF THIS GOAL AND BUILT AN INFRASTRUCTURE AND COLLABORATIVE NETWORK THAT WILL ENABLE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT. THE METHODOLOGY TO ACHIEVE THE STATED GOALS OF THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE FIELD STUDIES, LABORATORY RESEARCHAND COMPUTER MODELING.