Welcome to the High Plains, where the sun shines over 300 days each year and the stingy clouds release barely enough water to support life. And yet, plants, animals, and people live and coexist here. Learn how at the HPEC.
We invite you to experience our living laboratory. Discover how to live in better harmony with the land. Explore the connection between sustainable living and ecological processes that foster personal and community well-being.
Visit the HPEC, walk our trails, participate in fun, educational activities. Join us at workshops on water and energy conservation, and efficient consumerism. Work and play with us as we conduct wildlife studies and environmental research. Discover your place in the High Plains community.
Explore the connection between people and the
environment in our living laboratory.
Investigate how the interaction between the natural
and built environments shape the land and us.
Discover a community of plants, animals, weather,
water, soil, and people, all sharing the High Plains.
