Watery Walks • School Field Trips • Private Tours
Come to a beaver pond
Come learn about our neighbors, the beavers! We offer 2-hour guided tours of beaver habitat in San Luis Obispo County. Together we will visit a river or creek where beavers live. Your guides will share information about beavers, how to identify signs of beaver activity, and the many ways that beavers benefit our ecosystems.
What to expect
- It is very rare to see beavers on these tours because beavers in our region are mostly active at night.
- Beaver dams may wash out during storms, so especially during the spring, we cannot guarantee that there will be intact beaver dams to visit on the tour. We choose the tour location the week before each tour so that we can bring you to the area with the most beaver activity. If you really want to see a beaver dam, summer tour dates are better because the beavers will have had more time to rebuild their dams.
- On tours of the Salinas River, please come prepared to walk through sandy terrain to reach the river. Please also come prepared to walk in water.
Where
Most of our tours take place on the Salinas River in Atascadero. The river is dynamic, and conditions change based on time of year, weather events, and beaver activity. We select tour locations based on where the beavers are most active at that time. We send out exact meeting place information by email one week before the tour date.
Some tours are located in Pismo Beach along Pismo Creek. Please double check the tour location when you sign up.
Wheelchair Accessible Tours
We offer wheelchair accessible tours in Pismo Beach. We do not go in the water on these tours. All Pismo Creek tours listed on our sign-up form are wheelchair accessible.
Tours en español
Ofrecemos tours en español. Si desea un tour en español, favor de enviar un correo electrónico a info@slobeaverbrigade.com.
We offer Watery Walk tours in Spanish. If you would like to arrange a Spanish-language tour, please email info@slobeaverbrigade.com.
Watery Walks
Come learn about our neighbors, the beavers! These tours are geared toward adults, but are open to all ages. All tours offered on this signup form are free of charge thanks to grants from: the California Coastal Commission 2023 Whale Tail Grant and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Sign UP here for a free tour of beaver habitat!
You will learn about beavers, their habits, what they eat, their lodges, why they build dams, how they help remove carbon from the atmosphere, how they help during wildfires, how they provide resiliency during multi-year droughts, how they improve water quality and so much more!! But most importantly, you will get to immerse yourself in the wet, lush, habitat created by these keystone species in the middle of our arid North County. You won’t be disappointed.
Join the SLO Beaver Brigade Team on one of their monthly walks out to a beaver dam complex in San Luis Obispo County, learning about beaver sign and beaver habitat along the way. All tours offered on this signup form are free of charge thanks to the California Coastal Commission 2023 Whale Tail Grant and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Have any questions about Watery Walks? Email us at info@slobeaverbrigade.com.
School Field Trips
We happily offer beaver habitat tours to school groups for 4th grade and up.
Interested in a field trip for your school? Email info@slobeaverbrigade.com.
Private Tours
We also offer private tours of beaver habitat in Atascadero, CA. This 2-hour guided tour can accommodate up to 24 people.