Explore the Prairie at the Plains Conservation Center
March 15, 2024
Education Department
The prairie teams with wildlife. This diverse and inspiring ecosystem supports a wide variety of plants and animals. Prairie dogs scurry between their burrows while the first wildflowers of the season
It’s Hooting Season!
February 15, 2021
Featured Instructor
Great horned owls have been spotted at the Plains Conservation Center ! As days begin to lengthen, Colorado’s earliest nesters start to court each other. Most birds wouldn't think of breeding just as
Photography Expedition at Plains Conservation Center
November 2, 2017
Featured Instructor
Recently I led a photography expedition at the Plains Conservation Center in Aurora, a site with programs administered by Denver Botanic Gardens. Immediate questions come to mind: What and where is