Main Menu

• Home
• Map of Seaside Water Trail
• Skill level descriptions

Planning your trip

• Safety
• Weather and tides
• Emergency contacts
• NOAA navigation charts
• Virginia Ecotour Guide certification
• Seaside land ownership and visitation policies
• Wildlife and conservation
• Tourist information - other ways to explore the shore

Seaside Water Trail

Eastern Shore
of Virginia

• Seaside Heritage Program
• Trails by skill level
• Trails by launch site

Virginia Ecotour Guide Certification Program - Eastern Shore

For ecotourism to be a sustainable resource the environment must be protected, even as tourists are enjoying it.  Promoting ecotourism is a way of creating an economic reason to protect natural areas, in addition to increasing awareness of the value of our natural resources.  By providing ecotour training to guides, we can reduce potential conflicts over use of resources and the inadvertent damage to animals, plants and natural areas often associated with tourism.

Ecotour Guide Certification Courses are being provided on Virginia's Eastern Shore by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and certified instructors to encourage more responsible kayaking and boating tours.  The Virginia Ecotour Guide Cerification Program was funded by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program and is a component of the Virginia Seaside Heritage Program.

Certified Ecotour Guide Instructors: 

Dave Burden

SouthEast Expeditions

gonesailin@yahoo.com

757-331-2660

Bo Lusk

SouthEast Expeditions

buzzlusk@hotmail.com

757-331-2660

Jim Clark

oyster2@infionline.net

757-331-4016

Ray Miles

Oyster Bay Outfitters

ESKayaker@hotmail.com

757-787-7099

James M. Johnson Jr.

Eastern Shore Canoe and Kayak

esck@verizon.com

757-302-1344

The Virginia is for Lovers website also provides a list of outdoor adventure guides, fishing boat charters, canoe and kayak rentals, and other sports equipment on the Eastern Shore.

Help us encourage all ecotour guides to become certified!

Start of Page | Start of Content | DEQ Site Index

For comments or questions concerning this program's web pages, contact the Web Author.

This web site is provided by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program through a Coastal Zone Management Act grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Department of Commerce.