HPEC LAND MANAGEMENT
RESTORING NATURE WHERE WE LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY
HPEC’s Land Management crew is comprised of passionate, educated Restoration Ecologists who work each day to transform disturbed landscapes into vibrant, biodiverse ecosystems. The process involves careful planning, monitoring, and meticulous maintenance to replace invasive species with appropriate native plants. Beyond beauty, the land crew’s efforts improve water quality and create habitat for native plants and wildlife. This work is SUBURBITAT in action — restoring balance so people and nature can thrive together. Armed with years of experience, certifications, specialized machinery, and a passion for restoring nature, the HPEC Land Crew is the driving force of our RESTORATION efforts.
High Plains Environmental Center can help you develop a long-term strategy to establish or restore native plant communities that support thriving wildlife and pollinator populations. Our team provides comprehensive services including adaptive management planning, ecological monitoring, and ongoing land stewardship. Management strategies may include native seeding and planting projects, as well as targeted weed control using carefully timed mechanical methods and site-appropriate herbicide applications tailored to the unique conditions of your property.
- Adaptive Management, Planning, and Monitoring: Any successful restoration landscaping project requires close monitoring to determine the plant community make up and trajectory. This allows us to carefully time spraying, mowing, and reseeding efforts to be as effective as possible.
- Convert non-native landscapes to native ones that reduce water usage, enhance habitat, reduce maintenance costs, and increase natural diversity
- Designing of native seed mixes to suit clients ecological and aesthetic needs
- Consultation services that help transform properties into enhanced native spaces, natural open spaces, and mixed use open spaces through adaptive management plans, contractor oversight, and active restoration services
- Integrated Pest Management: HPEC uses IPM and ecological principles to drive our weed management services. Chemical control: When appropriate we use targeted herbicide application for long term weed control on the most prolific and obnoxious of weeds.
- Mechanical Control Services: Our crews and equipment can handle the toughest of terrain with tractor mowers, weed wackers, or old fashioned seed head removal when necessary.
- Cultural Control: Planting native vegetation mixes suited to out compete weeds, landscape design that keeps humans and pets from disturbing restoration habitat.
- Aquatic Herbicide: Targeted applications to help target invasive plant species, such as purple loosestrife and hairy willow herb
How do you convert disturbed, barren land, oceans of weeds, or expanses of turf grass into carefully balanced native ecosystems? Learn how our Restoration Ecologists do it:
Want to work with us to restore your land?
Email: baylee@suburbitat.org
Phone: 970-599-2947
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Lead Restoration Ecologist
Restoration Ecology Account Manager
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CENTERRA REGISTERS AS THE FIRST NWF COMMUNITY WILDLIFE HABITAT™ IN COLORADO
We are proud to be Colorado’s first Wildlife Habitat Community certified by the National Wildlife Federation, a designation that we renew each year by doing additional work in creating habitat and educating the community.
From news article about the accomplishment:
“Centerra, a 3,000-acre master-planned community in Loveland, CO, has become the first Community Wildlife Habitat™ in Colorado, in partnership with the High Plains Environmental Center (HPEC) and The National Wildlife Federation (NWF). The NWF Community Wildlife Habitat program, which began in 1997, provides a framework for restoring wildlife habitats and engaging communities. Centerra’s commitment includes sustainability practices such as reducing chemical pesticide use, conserving water, planting native species, and recycling, with goals to certify at least 50 home gardens, a school, and local businesses.
Jim Tolstrup, Executive Director of HPEC, highlighted the significant habitat creation and maintenance within Centerra, which includes 275 acres managed by HPEC and an additional 250 acres of native grass and wetlands. This 525-acre habitat supports wildlife connectivity and offers residents and visitors regular nature interactions. To achieve Certified Wildlife Habitat status, participants must provide food, water, cover, and breeding spaces for wildlife while practicing environmentally responsible gardening.”
