The WATER Institute has been funded by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife to create the first-ever statewide Beaver Coexistence Training and Support Program to facilitate beaver coexistence education … Read more
In 2015, the WATER Institute partnered with Caltrans District 5 and Swift Water Design to bring beaver coexistence to a new freeway project in Monterey County. A beaver dammed a … Read more
Fryer Creek is an engineered flood control channel owned by Sonoma Water. Sonoma Water has taken extensive effort to restore the riparian trees along many of its urban channels. The … Read more
Dry installation of Beaver Back Saver Device at Sutter National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo: Brock Dolman, OAEC)Designed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service staff at the Sutter National Wildlife Refuge, … Read more
A comprehensive study of the Salmon Creek Estuary was completed by the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center’s WATER Institute and Prunuske Chatham Inc. in 2006 with funding from the State Coastal Conservancy. The objective of … Read more
In 2017, the Decentralized Water Policy Council transitioned to the California Onsite Water Association (COWA). COWA supports a collaboration of multiple stakeholder water activists, engineers, regulators, and practitioners committed to removing … Read more
Bodega Volunter Fire Department Rain Water System2000 – 2010 The WATER Institute is one of several partners who helped conceive of and implement this multi-pronged, community-based program to provide enhanced … Read more
Salmon Creek Watershed Map2006-Present The WATER Institute is a founding member of the Salmon Creek Water Conservation Program, which has been working in the Salmon Creek watershed to educate residents, … Read more
Photo Credit: Trout UnlimitedThe WATER Institute was a founding steering committee member of this partnership that developed a systematic approach to improve streamflow and water supply reliability in five Russian … Read more
1994 – Present For nearly 30 years, OAEC’s 80-acre site of organic gardens, orchards, meadows, and forests has served as an ideal outdoor classroom to teach and model Conservation Hydrology and watershed health. Since … Read more
CA Roundtable on Water and Food Supply
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