DEER MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY
A Living Sanctuary for Regenerative Land Stewardship, Ceremony, and Community
Deer Mountain Sanctuary is a 2,000-acre sacred land sanctuary stewarded by Earth Peoples United (EPU) in the mountains of Northern California, just north of Mt. Shasta in Siskiyou County. The land includes forest, rangeland, pasture, and watershed and functions as both a working landscape and a place of gathering, prayer, and learning.
Deer Mountain is where EPU practices and demonstrates what regenerative, land-based living looks like in real time—through grazing, fire ecology, land planning, ceremony, and community.
Regenerative Land Care
Holistic Planning
& Management
What We Do at the Land
School of Earth Wisdom (SEW)
Educational Workshops and Trainings
Seasonal Ceremonies, Gatherings & Events
Volunteer Opportunities
Grant-funded
Restoration Projects
Ecological Monitoring
Donation & Sponsorship Opportunities
Event/Retreat Hosting
Working to establish regenerative models for community living.
Regenerative Grazing & Cattle Stewardship
Holistic Planned Grazing across rangeland and pasture
Adaptive herd movement using mobile electric fencing
Long recovery periods to strengthen soils and plants
Improved water infiltration, biodiversity, and habitat
Cattle are partners in regeneration, helping restore ecological function when guided with care and intention.
Holistic Land Planning & Ecological Monitoring
Looking into the future with Holistic Land Planning
Good Fire practices and technical ecological knowledge
Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV) monitoring
Watershed health and landscape resilience planning
Deer Mountain sits within a fire-adapted ecosystem, and stewardship here includes active relationship, planning and responsibility for land, fire and water management.
Fire Ecology & Watershed Resilience
Grazing and land planning to reduce catastrophic fire risk
Firebreak and access road restoration
Integration of Indigenous land management principles
Watershed health and landscape resilience planning
Deer Mountain sits within a fire-adapted ecosystem, and stewardship here includes active responsibility for fire and water.
Custom & Regenerative Cattle Grazing
We operate a custom grazing pasture lease and utilize grant funding to improve management across our 2000 acre ranch.
Enterprises & Regenerative Revenue Streams
Deer Mountain Sanctuary supports EPU’s mission through regenerative, land-based enterprises, including:
Educational Workshops and Trainings
Earth Skills, Ecology, Fire, Land Care, & much more. Come learn with us at
Deer Mountain Sanctuary through the School of Earth Wisdom
Land Stewardship & Volunteer Opportunities
On 2000 acres, there is always more to do and we can use your help.
If you are draw to land care and are looking for a way to get involve, Join us for a volunteer day
Grant-funded Restoration & Ecological Monitoring
We currently receive grant funding through a Healthy Soils Program Grant and have been accepted into the Audubon Conservation Ranching Program.
Hosting Retreats, Events & Ceremonial Gatherings
Does your organization feel aligned with EPU? Are you looking for a location for events and workshops?
We host events at
Deer Mountain Sanctuary!
All enterprises are designed to enhance ecological health while supporting the long-term sustainability of the sanctuary.
Learning, Events &
the School of Earth Wisdom (SEW)
Through EPU’s School of Earth Wisdom (SEW), Deer Mountain hosts immersive, in-person experiences including:
Regenerative grazing and Holistic Management trainings
Ecological Outcome Monitoring courses
Fire ecology and land stewardship intensives
Seasonal ceremonies and gatherings
Elder & Youth Councils
Volunteer land-tending weekends
These offerings invite people to learn with the land, not just about it.
Ceremony, Gatherings & Connection
Since 2006, Deer Mountain Sanctuary has been a place for sharing ceremony, prayer, and connection.
We do this through multicultural and intergenerational gathering.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit church, EPU’s spiritual and educational mission is inseparable from land stewardship.
At Deer Mountain, ceremony and land care are not separate—both arise from listening to the land and honoring relationship.
Hosting Retreats & Outside Groups
Deer Mountain Sanctuary is available to host aligned organizations, teachers, and groups for retreats, trainings, and gatherings.
We welcome groups who value:
Respectful relationship with land
Ecological responsibility
Ceremony, learning, and community
Stewardship before extraction
Hosting is collaborative and values-aligned, ensuring gatherings support both people and place.
An Invitation
Deer Mountain Sanctuary is a living model of regenerative land stewardship, ceremony, and community connection.
Whether you are called to:
Visit the land
Attend an event or workshop
Volunteer or steward
Host a retreat
Learn regenerative practices
Support this work financially
