Programs & Groups
The Plains Conservation Center offers year-round adventures in conservation education for all ages and all levels of expertise. Come discover the local prairie with us!

Fran Blanchard

Join us each week as we uncover the wonders of the natural prairie of Colorado.  Each week provides a unique learning opportunity, which will engage you and your child in investigations to stimulate curiosity, problem-solving and a love of the natural world. 


Fran Blanchard
Explore our 1,100-acre prairie with your school group. See animals such as prairie dogs, pronghorn, coyotes, hawks, owls, and songbirds with an interpretive naturalist.  Meet prairie reptiles and amphibians and see pelts, feathers, and view skulls in our indoor classroom.

Fran Blanchard
The Plains Conservation Center offers many unique programs open to the general public. Join us and learn to make cheese, butter, soap and even wine! Get outdoors and experience the Colorado Prairie up close. View birds of prey. Come out for a Full Moon Walk and enjoy a bask in the beautiful light of the harvest moon as you imagine the winter preparations completed by Cheyenne Indians and Colorado homesteaders.
 


Phyllis Hyndman

 

 

 


Dave Showalter

Visitors Welcome

We welcome drop-in visitors Monday – Saturday year-round. Monday - Saturday hours are 8 am - 4 pm, no admission fee.  Reserved programs will be offered year-round, please see “Calendar of Events & Activities” for upcoming programs.   

 

 

 

Check these links for some great tips for a more sustainable lifestyle:
FREE Home Irrigation System Audits, Slow the Flow Colorado:
http://www.conservationcenter.org/w_SlowtheFlowColorado.htm

Home Energy Checklist for Action
http://www.aceee.org/consumerguide/chklst.htm

Ten Big Things You Can Do for the Environment
http://www.ilea.org/topten.html#_Tip4

Wisconsin Foodshed Research Project
http://www.cias.wisc.edu/foodshed/index.html

Earth Friendly Cleaners
http://www.ecocycle.org/hazwaste/recipes.cfm

Recycling, conservation and more
http://www.ecocycle.org/index.cfm

Take Action At Work
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/atwork.htm

Seafood Watch--Monterey Bay Aquarium
http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.htmlx

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