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.
This spring, WATER Institute Co-Director Kate Lundquist and her partner, Kevin Swift of Swift Water Design, led their third annual process-based restoration (PBR) training across three regions of France in partnership with Mouvement d’Alliance avec le Peuple Castor (MAPCa).
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.
This spring, Brock Dolman, Wildlands Program Director, presented our new Found Gully Model at an event celebrating five years of community-centered collaborations between the University of Chicago’s Data Science Institute (DSI) and 11th Hour Project grantees, including OAEC.
This season, our team has strengthened partnerships, laid the groundwork for new training initiatives, consulted on beneficial biomass projects across Northern California, and garnered community support for holistic updates to the California Vegetation Treatment Program.
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 and Wildlands Director, Brock Dolman, expanded on our Fuels to Flows Campaign for a national network of landscape stewardship professionals. The talk advanced climate-smart, nature-based restoration solutions … Read more
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!
This fall, the WATER Institute reunited with our partners at Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians and Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance (TERA) to lead a training featuring low-tech process-based restoration methods from our Fuels to Flows toolkit.
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
Learn more about the WATER Institute’s upcoming events, talks, and workshops. Our outreach and education activities cover a variety of topics including holistic watershed health, beaver restoration and coexistence, process-based restoration, and our Fuels to Flows campaign.
We are proud to announce the launch of the first-ever California Beaver Help Desk! With our new online portal now live, beaver problems can become beaver solutions throughout all of … Read more
In October, WATER Institute Co-Directors attended and taught at the 4th annual Build Like a Beaver (BLAB) training. This sold-out workshop was hosted by the California Process-Based Restoration Network, OAEC’s … Read more
This September and October, the WATER Institute hosted our first-ever Beaver Coexistence Field Training and Tour alongside the Beaver Institute and Connected Ecology. The team focused on two sites in … Read more
This fall, the WATER Institute took our Fuels to Flows Campaign on tour across California to share how holistic, process-based restoration builds watershed resilience while reducing the risk of catastrophic … Read more
The WATER Institute is proudly featured in a new two-part Mongabay series about beaver, their ecological importance, and the complexities of translocation and coexistence. In Beavers restored to tribal lands in California benefit ecosystems, writer John Cannon reveals the … 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 WATER Institute team from left to right: Brock Dolman, Kate Lundquist, Renée Rhodes, and Grey Hayes We are excited to introduce Renée Rhodes as our incoming Associate Director of … Read more
A team of participants bring process-based restoration to the Savasse uplands of the Chalon watershed, hosted by Association Rivière Rhône Alpes Auvergne (ARRA²) This spring, Occidental Art & Ecology Center … 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.
2024 has been a hugely successful year for beaver and process-based restoration (PBR) in California. Working with many partners, including members of the California Process-Based Restoration Network, we successfully trained … Read more
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