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Become a Member (Click here to learn the benefits of membership)
We invite you to experience our living laboratory. Discover how to live in better harmony with the land. Foster personal and community well-being by exploring the connections between sustainable lifestyles and ecological processes

You can become a member of the High Plains Environmental Center by making a donation at one of the following levels:

• Kid's Program - $1 per year of age
• Student - $10
• Senior/Limited - $15
• Painted Turtle - $25
• Great Blue Heron - $50
• Chorus Frog - $100
• American Kestrel - $250
• Clark's Grebe - $500

• White Pelican - $1,000
• Bald Eagle (Life Member) - $5,000
• Electronic Membership - $20 (e-mail
  contact only--no paper!)
• In-kind Member - Become a member by participating in our annual clean up day,
  lead a program, write an article, or recruit
  five paying members.

To make a donation online, click here

For Volunteer Opportunities
Please contact us if you are interested in any of these activities or if you have other skills to share!

Garden/Greenhouse upkeep - Spring, Summer, Fall
Nature Walk/Trash Pickup - Year Around
Construction Waste Recycling - Year Around

Employment Opportunities

There currently are no open positions at HPEC.

Tools and Materials Needed

Spotting scopes
Binoculars
Hand lenses
Slide projector
Overhead projector

Library Wish List
These are the titles that we are actively seeking.  We will also accept other related titles for our growing library on environmental topics.

Audubon Flyways
Weeds of the West
Consumers Guide to Affective Environmental Choices 
Lords of the Harvest – Daniel Charles
The Wildest Place – John Herminson Mitchell
The Best Birdhouses for Your Backyard – Michael Berger
The Future of Life – Edward O. Wilson
The Backyard Bird Feeder’s Bible – Sally Roth
The Keys to the Car: Electric and Hydrogen Vehicles for the 21st Century – MacKenzie
How Monarch Butterflies can Change Your Life: Four Wings and a Prayer – Halpern
The Life of Birds – David Attenborough
National Geographic Guide to Birdwatching Sites: Western U.S. – Mel White
The Resourceful Renovator: A Gallery of Ideas… - Jennifer Corson, Real Goods 
Grow Your Own House – Simon Velez and Bamboo Architecture