The Llano Estacado is a 150-mile east to west, by 250-mile north to south, plateau or mesa. Although due to its size, (roughly 23.969 million acres – or slightly larger than the state of Indiana) these descriptions seem inadequate. We therefore adopt Dan Flores’ term, Tableland. Furthering Flores’ ideas, we embrace the Llano as a distinct “bioregion” – a semi-arid, occasional wetland, short grass prairie, desert plain, with a canyon-land boarder. It is also one of the most human-altered landscapes in North America. Industrial agriculture, oil mining, dairy and meat farming – all have heavily shaped the land and contribute to the Llano’s complex narrative. 

Our mission at Tablelands is to become hyper focused on our bioregion – we seek to encounter Llano in all its complexities- to engage the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and patterns of the land – to embrace its successes and its problems - to have an intimate knowledge of its history from a geological, ecological, environmental, political, and cultural perspective – and to imagine alternative futures for the place we call home.