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SACRAMENTO (June 30, 2022) – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to launch a new Beaver Restoration Program at the California… Read More >
*We at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center WATER Institute have tremendous news! On May 13th, Governor Gavin Newsom announced… Read More >
WATER Institute Co-Directors Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman are excited to announce the initiation of the California Process-based Restoration (Cal… Read More >
OAEC’s WATER Institute was featured this month in SF Estuary Magazine (including Brock Dolman’s cover shot!) for beaver restoration work… Read More >
Climate change is making California hotter, drier, and harder for people and wildlife. Beaver can help. Watch the video recording… Read More >
The following video is a recording of the informational webinar Brock Dolman and Kate Lundquist (Occidental Arts & Ecology Center… Read More >
Beaver in California: Creating a Culture of Stewardship Online Presentation The following video is a recording of a presentation WATER… Read More >
In September 2019, WATER Institute Co-Directors Brock Dolman and Kate Lundquist attended the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation to… Read More >
Since 2014, a colony of beaver have been observed near the suburban South Bay town of Campbell, and with them,… Read More >
Listen to this interview with WATER Institute Director Kate Lundquist on using beaver to restore endangered salmon in California. … Read More >
Given the potential benefit of beaver to mountain meadow restoration and related focal species, OAEC WATER Institute conducted a beaver… Read More >
Want to learn about all the amazing benefits of beaver for California watersheds? Join WATER Institute Directors Kate Lundquist and/or Brock Dolman… Read More >
WATER Institute co-directors Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman have fully embodied their busy mascot this summer as they hit the… Read More >
Like busy beavers, the WATER Institute staff is jamming this spring! Hope you can join us for these upcoming events:… Read More >
The OAEC WATER Institute is hosting a Beaver Blitz to map current distribution of beaver (Castor canadensis) in Sonoma County.… Read More >
Call our main office to purchase a booklet (707) 874-1557 x101 or Download for Free> Beavers are one of our… Read More >
The WATER Institute was invited to review the 200-page comprehensive Beaver Restoration Guidebook written by NOAA Fisheries, US Fish and… Read More >
A great example of beaver stewardship recently occurred in Caltrans District 5. A beaver had dammed a drainage, which was… Read More >
WATER Institute Director Kate Lundquist was one of seven American beaver advocates interviewed for this report put together by the Miistakis… Read More >
The WATER Institute Beaver Campaign Hits The Road! In late February and early March, Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman of… Read More >
Join our Citizen Science campaign to map current distribution of beaver in California. As part of our Bring Back the… Read More >
The Bring Back the Beaver campaign, run by Brock Dolman and Kate Lundquist of the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center’s… Read More >
In the summer of 2014, WATER Institute Director Kate Lundquist went to Colorado to learn to live trap and relocate… Read More >