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We are proud to announce the launch of the first-ever California Beaver Help Desk! If you’re a land manager experiencing human-beaver conflict, this new resource makes it simple to sign up for free technical and financial coexistence assistance.Now, beaver problems can become beaver solutions throughout California.The California Beaver Help Desk is an easy-to-use resource that offers:🦫 Free technical assistance for land managers navigating human-beaver conflict💲Cost-share applications of up to 50% for project installation expenses✏️Tuition waivers for Californians who are ready to become Certified Beaver Coexistence Professionals, through the Beaver Institute’s BeaverCorps Professional Training Program “Business Track”💧And lots more!The California Beaver Help Desk is now live at calbeaverhelp.org Learn more through the link in bio!...The California Beaver Coexistence Training and Support Program is a partnership between the WATER Institute at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, the @beaverinstitute , and @californiadfw, whose Nature Based Solutions: Wetlands and Mountain Meadows Grant Program makes this work possible. 📹 by Coldwater Collective#beaver #beaverrestoration #wetlands #riverrestoration #naturebasedsolutions #coexistence #beavercoexistence #humanwildlifeconflict #humanwildlifecoexistence #centralvalley #california ... See MoreSee Less
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Last chance to join our November Permaculture Design Course! Registration is open on our website until October 20th. The Fall is a great time to come learn and practice hands-on permaculture skills at OAEC, as it is the time of year when water begins flowing through our demonstration site and techniques such as fire-friendly limbing and thinning as well as gully stuffing can be most effectively applied! This intensive 9-day in-person course will dive into the permaculture design process, conservation hydrology, earthworks, composting, food forests, and much more.#oaec #permaculture #pdc #gullystuffing #restoration #earthjustice #compost #sustainable ... See MoreSee Less
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OAEC News

Counterstream Media + The Nation present A People's Climate

New Media from Counterstream

Counterstream Media, a project fiscally sponsored by OAEC, has launched a couple of incredible new projects. If you’re in the Bay Area, you may have caught Counterstream Co-Founder and Director … Read more

Solar, Storage, and Security: Why We Built Our Own Microgrid

By Dave Henson, OAEC Executive Director In keeping with our work to create just and sustainable relationships with the land, each other, and future generations, the Occidental Arts & Ecology … Read more

Internship Applications for 2026 are now closed.

Each year, OAEC hires a cohort of 6 enthusiastic interns to live and learn at OAEC for approximately 11 months (early February through mid-December). In exchange for 24 hours per … Read more