Our Black Lake property is home to one of the largest Monarch gathering areas on the Central Coast. San Luis Obispo Creek Day Creek Day is an annual creek clean-up and watershed education fair dedicated to San Luis Obispo Creek. Community volunteers are dispatched throughout the watershed to remove garbage before winter rains wash it to the ocean at Avila Beach. Each year, volunteers remove about 2 tons of garbage from local creeks. Creek Day is also a great opportunity to learn about our local creek resources.
Local experts bring hands-on displays and activities related to streams.
Creek Day is great fun for the entire family. Since beginning in 1993, Creek Day has expanded from San Luis Obispo to Atascadero and Arroyo Grande. In 2000, Nipomo will begin an annual Creek Day as well. The Conservancy works with groups in the other Creek Day communities to share advertising and materials. San Luis Obispo Creek Day is a cooperative effort of the Land Conservancy, Central Coast Salmon Enhancement, Inc., and the City of San Luis Obispo Parks and Recreation Department.