The MT Conservation Calendar is maintained in partnership with the University of Montana Environmental Studies program. Updated daily. REFRESH/RELOAD often. Times are Mountain Time. Links to more info are in bold blue italics. Scan ahead to check for RSVPs, deadlines & rescheduling. All events open to the public (some require registration). NOTE: Click here for other community calendars.
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July 2026
August 2026
September 2026
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026
January 2027
February 2027
March 2027
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July 2026
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August 2026
Saturdays– Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .
Sundays — Volunteer at Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden 9-11 am.
Mondays — Household Chemical Disposal, Missoula, 11 AM to 4:30 PM. Register on Home ReSource events page.
2nd Wednesdays — Climate Conversations/potluck. 5:30-7:30pm. Flathead Lakers office. 110 Main, Suite B. Polson
Thursdays — Volunteer at Rocky Mountain Gardens by Missoula Fairgrounds. 10 am to noon. Except not on Aug 6.
August Sundays starting Aug 9 (Nagasaki Day) – free workshop series on Nuclear Weapons & Disarmament, in Missoula at Rankin Peace Center. Contact Carol.bellin@yahoo.com for time.
Aug 4 (Tues) — Lower Blackfoot River Ang ler Entomology Clinic — learn to match the hatch. 6-9 pm, Sorry this one is full. Look for later ones here.
Aug 4 & 6 — The Living Classroom provides hands-on learning on how to transform an urban lot into a diverse oasis of habitat, food & medicine. In Missoula. 5-7pm. For info, contact Kate
Aug 5 (Wed) — Make a bouquet, taste a tomato and tour the garden at Missoula’s Rocky Mountain Garden. 5-7pm. 1075 S. Ave. W.
Aug 5 — Protecting Flathead Lake’s shoreline. a talk by Dr Mark Lorang, retired from the Biostation. Seawalls & riprap make it worse. 6:30 pm, Bunkers Bar & Grill . Tickets/info here.
August 6 (Thurs) — Hiroshima Day–81 years ago, first atomic bomb dropped in warfare.
Aug 6 — Flathead Lakers’ Summer Soiree (FUNdraiser), Flathead Forever in Big Arm. Info/tickets by July 31
Aug 7 (Fri) — Flathead Lake Biostation Open House. 11am-3pm.
Aug 7 — Hoodoo Pass volunteer weed pull, kiosk installation, followed by hike. 11 am – 4pm. Info/RSVP.
Aug 8 (Sat) — Flathead Waters Annual Cleanup. 9am-3pm. Celebration 4-6pm. Info.
Aug 8 — Bitterroot River Cleanup — please sign up here.for a specific area.
Aug 8 — Clean River Rally for the Bitterroot. 4:30-7pm at Fin’s Taphouse, Corvallis.
August Sundays starting Aug 9 (Nagasaki Day) – free workshop series on Nuclear Weapons & Disarmament, at Rankin Peace Center, 519 S Higgins Ave, Missoula. Contact Carol.bellin@yahoo.com for time.
Aug 11 (Tues) — Ecology Project International’s annual Research Symposium (high school students report on their Bitterroot Valley research). 6:30-8:30 pm at Missoula County extension office, 1075 S. Ave. W. RSVP by July 29
Aug 13 (Thur) — Tour at B Bar Ranch with MT Organic Association. 10 am, 296 Glasston Rd, Big Timber.
Aug 13 — PEAS Farm Party. Missoula. farm fresh food/drink/music/dance . 5:30-9pm. Info/tickets
Aug 13 — Basic Seed Saving at Missoula’s Rocky Mountain Gardens, 1075 South Ave W. 6-8pm.
Aug 14 (Fri) — MUD (Missoula Urban Demo) Project Sustainability Fair at Missoula’s Ogren Park at Allegiance Field (where the Paddleheads play).
Aug 14 — Deadline to register for Montana Watershed tours. see Sept 14.
Aug 16 (Sun) — Rock Creek Confluence volunteer trail workday. 10am – noon.. (map)… Learn more and sign up.
Aug 16 — 3 organic farm tours in Whitefish. Info here. all welcome.
Aug 20 to Oct 17 — Master Naturalist Course offered in Hope Lutheran Church, Bozeman. Tues & Thurs at 5:30 pm. (some Saturday field trips).
Aug 22 — Day of Action on Data Centers. organized by Northern Plains Resource Council. Actions all over Montana. Info here.
Aug 24 — Comments due on BLM’s proposed Oil & Gas rule. Info Here… Submit comments here.
Aug 25 (Tues) — Gallatin River Angler Entomology Clinic — learn to match the hatch. 6-9 pm, Gallatin River Guides 47430 Gallatin Rd, Big Sky, MT. Space limited. RSVP/Info here.
Aug 25-27 — Greater NW Rail Summit & Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority conference. Helena. Info/Register here.
Aug 25-28 — Floodplain Surveyor Training & Certification program in Missoula.
Aug 27 — Beaver-Human Coexistence: Wildlife Speaker Series 6:30-8pm. Gallatin Conservation District, Manhattan MT
Aug 29 (Sat) — Clean Energy Fair, Great Falls. 9 am – noon. 100 Block Central Ave. Free. Info.
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September 2026
Sept 5 (Sat) — MUD’s annual Garden Party. 6-9 pm. 1527 Wyoming, Missoula
Sept 11 (Fri) — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm . Info here.
Sept 11 — Deadline to comment on MT DEQ’s Draft Eutrophication Assessment Method for Wadeable Streams & Medium Rivers. .. Info here.
Sept 12 (Sat) — River Rooted –– a celebration of the Bitterroot River. 4-7:30 pm. Hamilton River Park.
Sept 14-16 — Local Food Summit, Hardin, MT . Info/signup here.
Sept 14-18 — Watershed Tours — Responsible Practices to Protect Water Quality. Offered by MT Watershed Coordination Council . Info/register by Aug 14 . Includes tours near Butte, Hamilton, Missoula, Mission Valley, Flathead
Sept 15 — Missoula Parks Chat at Kiwanis Park , 4:30-6:30 pm (info here) — share your ideas.
Sept 16 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group BBQ, meeting, tour. 3pm to 8pm. In Gold Creek valley. For exact location, check with richard.forbes@mso.umt.edu.
Sept 16-18 — Montana Nonprofit Association Conference — Changemakers. Helena.
Sept 19 (Sat) –– MT Audubon’s Evening Under the Big Sky celebration & FUNdraiser. 5:30 pm at MT Audubon Center, Billings on the Yellowstone River. Food, music, auction, raffles. Info/tickets.
Sept 20 (Sun) — Seed to Fork — seed saving for sustainable systems . 10am- 3pm at Forkbound Farm, Polson. Info/register here. Free thanks to Farm Connect & Forkbound Farm. More info email Mary.
Sept 20 — Sunday Streets in Missoula. a mile of Higgins Avenue closed to car traffic and open to walkers/rollers, food, music and many activities. (from the XXXX’s to 5th Street). Noon- 4pm. Info.
Sept 26- Oct 4 — Climate Solutions Week. Starts with Climate FEST, Sept 26, 10am-2p. in Missoula’s Caras Park. info here.
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October 2026
Oct 3 (Sat) — Home Resource’s Zero Waste Awards. Missoula. check back for info.
Oct 3 — Helena Sun Run — FUNdraiser for a solar array for Helena’s Smith School — the Solar Sabertooths! Packet pick up at 9am and various runs starting at 10 am. info/registation/sponsorships here
Oct 7 (Wed) — American Water Resources Assn — MT Chapter annual meeting in Billings.
Oct 8 (Thurs) — Celebration of 50 years of the Jeannette Rankin Scholars fund. UM’s University Center Ballroom. 5-7pm. Free tickets here.
Oct 13-16 — Wild Trout Symposium XIV — Managing Wild Trout in a Changing Environment. West Yellowstone. American Fisheries Society — Western Division.
Oct 16 — Montana Natural History Center Fall Banquet & Auction 5-9 pm, UM’s University Center Ballroom.
Oct 23 -24 – MT Governor’s Summit on Local Food & Agriculture, Helena.
October 27–29 — Montana Pesticide Stewardship Partnership Program (PSPP) Annual Meeting. Flathead Lake Biological Station, 32125 Bio Station Ln, Polson. Connect with researchers, agencies, stakeholders; share data, strategies, solutions for pesticide stewardship. Info/questions: janelle.groff@flbs.umt.edu
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November 2026
Nov 4-5 — Clark Fork River Science Forum. Missoula County Fairgrounds Exploration Center. Info. Focus: Interpreting, protecting, restoring ecological resilience in the basin.
Nov 18 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group meets. 10 am to 2 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge
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December 2026
Dec 8-10 — Montana Organic Association annual conference. Great Falls.
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January 2027
Jan 11 — DNRC Conservation Nursery Seed sale starts
Jan 19 — DNRC Conservation Nursery Seedling sale starts
Jan 26-29 — MT Chapter of American Fisheries Society meets in Billings
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February 2027
Events coming soon.
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March 2027
Events coming soon.
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Other Community Calendars (links) –LOTS more events on these.
- Abundant Montana events (farmers markets, farm tours)
- Abundant Montana’s Local Food Guide — Farmers Markets info on p 10-14.
- Aerie Backcountry Medicine –wilderness first responder courses
- Big Hole Watershed Committee events
- Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation speakers, films
- And Volunteer Adventures in the Bob
- Clark Fork Coalition calendar
- Clearwater Resource Council events | Clearwater River watershed
- Climate Smart Missoula calendar
- Climate Smart Glacier Country
- Conservation Calendar for Montana
- Don’t Pollute the ‘Root.
- Families for a Livable Climate
- Five Valleys Audubon community calendar
- Five Valleys Land Trust volunteer events
- Five Valleys Seed Library
- Flathead Lake Biological Station events.
- Flathead Lakers events calendar
- Flathead Rivers Alliance events
- Flathead Trails Association (scroll down to calendar)
- Free Cycles Missoula Calendar and list of Events
- Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument
- Garden City Harvest (Missoula) Cornocopia of events
- Gallatin Valley Earth Day scroll to latest newsletter for more events
- recordings of recent events here.
- Gallatin Watershed Council events and calendar
- Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance events
- Governor’s Energy Task Force calendar & events
- Great Burn Conservation Alliance stewardship project calendar June-Oct
- Home Resource Missoula events
- Hopa Mountain
- Land to Hand events
- Land to Hand volunteer events.
- Let’s Improve Missoula’s Reserve Street
- Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium
- Missoula County boards, commissions, etc — links to meetings info
- Missoula County Extension/Ecology and volunteer page
- Missoula Events Calendar
- Missoula Foodbank events
- Missoula Redevelopment Agency Meetings & Agenda
- Missoula’s Reserve Street — Let’s Improve it.
- Missoula Resists — scroll down at that site to events calendar
- Missoula Trails for Bikes (MTB) –scroll down to events
- Missoula Urban Demonstration Project events
- More Missoula Links:
- Neighborhood Councils; City Meetings; City Calendar; Public Hearings; Committee Schedule (updated Mondays);
- Montana Association of Conservation Districts
- (CD meetings, workshops, tours)
- Montana Audubon Center (Billings) events
- Montana Board of Environmental Review meetings
- Montana Conservation Calendar
- Montana Constitution RoadShow events
- Montana Elections Calendar (primary & general)
- Montana Environmental Information Center events
- Montana Events Calendar
- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks public events calendar
- Montana Folk School classes & outings
- Montana Institute on Ecosystems … Seminars spring 2026
- Montana Kayak Academy (scroll down to calendar)
- Montana Legislature Water Policy Interim Committee. meeting recordings
- Montana Natural History Center (Missoula)
- MT Native Plant Society events and past online presentations.
- MT NPS field trip schedules: 2024 ; 2025 ; 2026
- MT Native Plant Society Clark Fork Chapter events .. Facebook
- MT State Arboretum at University of Montana
- Montana Watershed Coordination Council calendar–scroll down past calendar for list of events
- MT Wilderness Assn (Wild MT) Events .. & Wilderness Walks
- National Center for Appropriate Technology
- Project Community Connect – neighbors helping neighbors.
- Ravalli County Fish & Wildlife Association
- Sierra Club-MT … Outings
- Slow Spokes
- Sustainable Living Systems (sign up for e-newsletter)
- Teller Wildlife Refuge Events
- Trees for Missoula
- University of Montana Bird Ecology Lab bird banding events
- University of Montana Events
- University of Montana Volunteer Service Events
- University of Montana Forum for Living with Appropriate Technology (FLAT)
- University of Montana School of Forestry & Conservation Seminars
- University of Montana Wildlife Biology seminars
- Venery ..events — women training women in hunting.
- Volunteer Missoula — many outdoor volunteer events
- Watershed Education Network events & volunteer events
- Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation events
- Whitefish Legacy Partners
- Wild Montana Events ….. & Wilderness Walks
- Volunteer Trail Crew projects 2026
- Women Bike Missoula Facebook events
