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The Konza Environmental Education Program (KEEP) was established in 1996.  Its mission is to:

enhance the understanding of the ecology of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem;
increase understanding of the process and value of science; and
increase public appreciation for the importance of scientific research as a foundation for sound grassland conservation and management.

KEEP is headquartered at Konza Prairie Biological Station (KPBS).  Located in the Flint Hills of northeastern Kansas, approximately six miles south of the City of Manhattan, KPBS is an 8,600-acre native tallgrass prairie preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy  and Kansas State University.  Operated as a field research station by the K-State Division of Biology, Konza Prairie is dedicated to a three-fold mission of long-term ecological research, education, and prairie conservation.
KEEP provides on-site programming to K-12, youth and adult groups. KEEP offers curriculum-based activities that cover a wide range of topics in science, mathematics and social studies.  Trail hikes and ecological research activities are offered as part of the experience of knowing the tallgrass prairie ecosystem and understanding the information that long-term ecological research provides.  Ecological processes, natural history, and prairie management by fire and grazing are emphasized.