EcoTour

Every weekend throughout the summer Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER leads you back to nature with an EcoTour. RIVERKEEPER provides a variety of hiking, biking, paddling, and boat tours, throughout Erie and Niagara counties, led by knowledgeable docents. Experience the beauty of the Buffalo and Niagara River ecosystems, watch for birds and wildlife in the heart of the City of Buffalo, and learn about what’s happening along the water’s edge.

RIVERKEEPER offers tours for more experienced hikers, bikers and paddlers as well as family-friendly tours. Family-friendly tours are generally shorter in length, physically less strenuous, and are appropriate for children 5 years old and up. All children must be accompanied by an adult on all tours.

Ecotours are provided in partnership with The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, Buffalo Tours, and the Buffalo Audubon Society.

	EcoTour – Hike Join our guide for a two or three-hour stroll and learn about the natural and manmade features of our extraordinary waterways. $10 Donation
	EcoTour – Bike Take a three-hour bike ride along waterfront trails as our guides explain water quality and shoreline environment issues as well as all the projects happening at water’s edge. $10 Donation
	EcoTour – Paddle Paddle* your canoe or kayak** for a three-hour cruise as our guide explains the ecosystem and natural and manmade forces affecting it. $15 Donation

* experienced paddlers only; no instruction available
**rentals available through Eastern Mountain Sports

Private Tours Are Available. Call us for details.

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Watch Ecotour Video on Artvoice TV

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Become a Volunteer EcoTour Docent for Next Spring and Summer!

Docent training begins next spring.  Docents go through a general training program through Buffalo Tours where they learn about much of the history of Buffalo and the surrounding areas as well as how to give tours and be a good guide. Then docents come to Riverkeeper to be trained on how to give EcoTours!  Having experience hiking, biking and paddling is a plus but advanced knowledge is not a must.

If you are interested in being a docent fill out our volunteer application and submit it to Kerri Bentkowski (kbentkowski@bnriverkeeper.org) no later than Jan 1^st, 2010.

Thank You to Our Partners in Docent Training: