Our cohort of Beaver Coexistence Professionals was featured alongside the Beaver Institute in a new TV short called: “The BeaverCorps,” which recently aired on This American Land (PBS) and NBC broadcasts nationwide.
Our latest feature in Bay Nature chronicles the successes and challenges faced by the emerging workforce of Beaver Coexistence Professionals in California and how our coexistence installation at the Cosumnes River Preserve is saving refuge managers from an exhausting maintenance regime some refer to as “beaver CrossFit.”
The WATER Institute team collaborated with Conservation Science Partners to publish California’s first beaver habitat suitability analysis and interactive web mapping model.
The California Beaver Coexistence Training and Support Program recently presented our 2nd annual webinar featuring coexistence experts and practitioners. Watch the webinar to learn how human-beaver coexistence can deliver benefits across California.
Are you ready to learn more about how beaver coexistence can build capacity for land managers and owners in California? Join the California Beaver Coexistence Training and Support Program on … Read more
In March 2026, Kate, Brock, and Grey joined the Watershed Solutions Network team for a virtual conversation exploring how beavers can help us restore healthier, more resilient watersheds. All gathered … Read more
Our beaver coexistence work was highlighted in Alta Journal’s recent article “Leave it to Beavers.”The article tells the story of beaver benefits, coexistence in California, and the 2025 BeaverCorps training … Read more
The California Beaver Help Desk is featured in a recent Maven’s Notebook article called “New program helps California land owners and managers coexist with beavers.”The article tells the story of our … Read more
This March, the WATER Institute’s own Brock Dolman and Kate Lundquist were presented with the 6th Annual Eco Hero Award, granted by the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network to those who have made positive change in the world for more than 30 years.
WATER Institute Co-Director, Kate Lundquist, was interviewed and quoted significantly in a new Modesto Bee article by Kathleen Quinn called Beavers building dams on Dry Creek in Modesto. Why that’s a … Read more
The California Beaver Help Desk launched this fall. Since then, we’ve been fielding new inquiries each week and responding with free site assessments. Last month, we delivered our first landowner stipend to a rancher along the Tuolumne River!
In November, WATER Institute Co-Director Kate Lundquist attended the State of the Beaver Conference in Canyonville, Oregon, to connect with an activated community of beaver believers. Kate’s talk, entitled “Beaver … Read more
Ma Earth Learning Lab featured WATER Institute Co-Director, Kate Lundquist, as she shared a timely talk about the ecological benefits beaver bring to our ecosystems. Watch the recording: “Restoring Ecosystems … Read more
For Immediate Release:January, 2026 Sacramento, CA—Beaver coexistence practices are gaining rapid momentum in California with new funding, programs, and policies in place to harness the positive, watershed-scale benefits of beaver. … Read more
Brock Dolman, WATER Institute Co-Director and Assemblymember Damon Connolly promoting the “Beaver Bill” at a recent watershed council gathering. This summer, WATER Institute Co-Director Brock Dolman attended a gathering of … Read more
The film version of Basins of Relations is currently in production and set to be released in 2026. Stay tuned and join our newsletter for updates.
The WATER Institute’s Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman have returned from an amazing four days of beaver and process-based restoration field tours, discussions, and onsite building opportunities at the California … Read more
San Joaquin Valley Water, an independent, nonprofit news site dedicated to covering water issues in the San Joaquin Valley, produced a video titled “Beavers Reintroduced on the Tule River Reservation” … Read more
In April 2024, WATER Institute Co-Director Kate Lundquist and our close collaborator, Kevin Swift of Swift Water Design, headed to France. French artist Suzanne Husky and French author and professor … Read more
On March 26, 2024, The Los Angeles Times published a fantastic article titled, Yes, beavers can help stop wildfires. And more places in California are embracing them. In it, writer … Read more
Great news! Assemblymember Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael) has introduced a “beaver bill,” Assembly Bill 2196, that codifies the new Beaver Restoration Program at the California Department of Fish & Wildlife … Read more
The state’s new Beaver Restoration Program completed its first relocation in October, 2023. See the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) press release here. We were honored to be … Read more
In honor of the day, we want to celebrate beaver being a keystone species, meaning the habitats they create benefit countless other plant and animal species in California ecosystems. Species … Read more
After more than a decade of a concerted effort to Bring Back the Beaver, OAEC and The WATER Institute are thrilled to announce that there are major policy changes happening … Read more
On May 24, we partnered with the California Beaver Policy Working Group and wrangled 50 state leaders from Sacramento to Doty Ravine to see beaver restoration in action. Protected since … Read more
Neil Harvey, host of Bioneers Radio, interviews Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman to learn all about beaver: their history in North America, how they slow and spread water, create critical … Read more
SACRAMENTO (June 30, 2022) – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to launch a new Beaver Restoration Program at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will be enacted at the … Read more
OAEC’s WATER Institute was featured this month in SF Estuary Magazine (including Brock Dolman’s cover shot!) for beaver restoration work on Yellow Creek in the Tásmam Koyóm Maidu Cultural Park, Plumas … Read more
Beaver in California: Creating a Culture of Stewardship Online Presentation The following video is a recording of a presentation WATER Institute Co-Director Kate Lundquist gave on October 15, 2020. Learn how … Read more
In September 2019, WATER Institute Co-Directors Brock Dolman and Kate Lundquist attended the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation to present on the Bring Back the Beaver Campaign, specifically on their … Read more
Privacy Policy © 2026 by the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center. All Rights Reserved.
Site photography by Jim Coleman, Tali Aiona, Doug Gosling, Brock Dolman and Sashwa Burrous.
