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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May 2026
June 2026
July 2026
August 2026
September 2026
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026
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May 2026
May is Bike Month — Missoula Parks & Rec offers guided bike tours. May 20,27 at noon.
Saturdays– Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .
Sundays — Volunteer at Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden
Mondays — Household Chemical Disposal, Missoula, 11 AM to 4:30 PM. Register on Home ReSource events page.
Tuesdays — Living Classroom — hands-on learning on creating permaculture urban homesteads. 5-7 pm, Missoula. Info/RSVP .
Now to June 8, can comment on MT DEQ’s updating of Circular DEQ-7 (human health water standards)
Now to June 10, can comment on MT DEQ’s Water Quality Standards review.
May 15-June 8 — 5 Valley’s Audubon’s Birdathon fundraiser. participate as individuals, teams or supporters.
May 17 — Organizing Skills to address the Bonner data center. Hosted by Sierra Club & Common Good. 1 to 5pm at Home Resource (1515 Wyoming, Missoula). RSVP here
May 18 (Mon) — UM Retirees cleanup Highway 200, meet at Comfort Inn, 1021 E. Broadway at 10 am. Register here to attend.
May 18 (Mon) — Dance & Sing Party resisting proposed Mid-town development plan. 5:30 pm on Missoula Courthouse Lawn. Neighborhood members are calling for Missoula City Council to reconsider the plan for Mid-town to preserve some open-space & habitat. All welcome.
May 19 (Tues) — Science for conserving fish species — Dr. Kellie Carim, USFS. noon-1:15 at Missoula Public Library, 4th floor.
May 19 — MT Data Centers panel discussion. 5:30 pm. University of Montana University Center Theater. hosted by MEIC, Western Environmental Law Center (WELC), Climate Smart Missoula, and UM’s Office of Sustainability. Learn more here.
May 20 (Wed) — DNRC Seedling Nursery seedling sale. 8am. 2823 Spurgin Rd, Building G, Missoula.
May 20 — Hiring Event at Home Resource in Missoula — take a tour & learn about 5 open positions. 11am to 2pm. Positions & application info here.
May 20 — Lunch gathering at Home Resource (Missoula) to learn about Sustainable Agriculture. noon. Info/register here
May 20 — last of Missoula County’s free workshops on how to make your home more energy efficient. Info here. May 20 (5:30-7pm)
May 20-21 — Western MT Conservation Commission meeting. Bitterroot Inn & Conference Center, 139 Bitterroot Plaza, Hamilton. Agenda…… Zoom registration
May 21 (Thur) — MT Bumble Bee Atlas –– Community Science in Action. 7pm at Missoula Butterfly House, Info/tickets.
May 21 & 28 — Become a Trail Ambassador in Missoula area. Orientation sessions offered 5-8pm. Sign up here.
May 24 (Sun) — Celebration of Life of wilderness advocate Jim Coefield. 1 pm in Missoula’s Silver Park.
May 26 (Tues) — Mt Jumbo Wildflower Walk with MT Natural History Center. 9-1:30 am. Tickets
May 26 — MT Organic Association & MAD AG offer Organic Systems Field Day at Deakin Farm, Ledger, MT. 10 am – 3pm. Reservations
May 26 — Bike Packing 101 (free workshop). 6:30-8pm at Free Cycles, Missoula. Info here (scroll down there).
May 27 (Wed) — Grant Creek Trail Ride with Women Bike Missoula. meet 5:30 pm downtown at the XXXs or 6:10 pm at Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation parking lot. some Info here.
May 29 (Fri) — Volunteer trail work day at Lee Creek. (tributary of Lolo Creek). Help reduce erosion into the creek & learn about local restoration work. Tools & snacks provided. Meet at Clark Fork Coalition office (140 S 4th St W, Missoula) at 8:45 am to carpool. Info/signup
May 30 (Sat) — Great Day of Gardening. Help get Missoula’s community gardens ready for the growing season. 10am to 1pm. Info/volunteer signup here
May 30 — How to ReWild your Yard. Workshop offered by Missoula County. Register for $25. Plant packs are $40.
May 30 — 5 Valleys Audubon 50th Birthday Party/potluck. noon-5pm at Missoula’s Greenough Park picnic shelter on Monroe St.
May 30 — Missoula Resists Community Meeting & Potluck. 6-9pm. Meadowlark Pavilion at Ft Missoula.
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June 2026
Now until June 8, submit comments on MT DEQ’s updating of Circular DEQ-7 (human health water standards)
Now until June 10, submit comments on Montana DEQ’s Water Quality Standards review.
June 2, 11, 28, 23, 30 — Living Classroom — hands-on learning on creating permaculture urban homesteads. 5-7 pm, Missoula. Info/RSVP .
June 1-4 — Public meetings on Missoula County Wildfire Protection Plan 6-7:30pm. Missoula June 1; Frenchtown June 2; Lolo, June 3; Seeley Lake June 4. Locations & more info here.
June 2-4 — 406 Grazing Academy. Paradise Valley. Register by 5/25
June 3 (Wed) — Statewide TMDL Advisory Group Meeting. 1:30-3:30 pm. DEQ Headquarters, 2401 Colonial Drive, Helena or via Zoom. questions: email or (406) 444-2836
June 3 — USFS webinar on how the Lolo National Forest draft plan addresses Wildlife Habitat, connectivity & linkage areas. 5:30-7pm via TEAMS. Link here.
June 3 — Trails, Rivers, Forests Expo — celebrating our wild places, 5-9pm. Missoula. Info
June 3 — Free film screening of The Plastic Detox on impacts of microplastics on fertility. 6pm. Tinworks at Rialto (10 W. Main Street, Bozeman)
June 6 (Sat) — National Trails Day — there will be Missoula Trail Ambassadors welcoming you to the Skyline Ridge Trail on Mt Dean Stone. Map
June 6 — Wild Montana leads volunteer work day on Canyon Creek trail near Hamilton.
June 6 — MT Native Plant Society native plant sale at Clark Fork Farmers Market, Missoula.
June 6 — Garden carpentry –build tomato cages, trellises, etc. 10am-2pm at Missoula’s Northside Gardens, 650 Cooley. Register here (scroll down at that website).
June 7 — Festival of Cycles (30th anniversary), FreeCycles in Missoula. noon-6pm. To help/participate — email missoulamist@gmail.com. Music, games, bike repair, project bikes & fixit help.
June 8 (Mon) — public hearing on MT DEQ’s updating of Circular DEQ-7 (including human health water standards for cyanide, lead, pesticides, etc). In person at 2401 Colonial Dr, Helena, and via ZOOM.
June 9 (Tues) — Hike the House of Sky Trail above Missoula’s Pattee Canyon. 11am-3pm. Info/RSVP.
June 10 (Wed) — public hearing on Montana Water Quality Standards review. In person at 2401 Colonial Dr, Helena, and via Zoom.
June 10 — Montana Rural Summit, Townsend.
June 12-14 — MT Audubon’s Wings Across the Big Sky Birding Festival. Kalispell. Over 30 field trips! Info here.
June 13 & 20 — Boat building workshop. 9am-2pm, MUD, 1527 Wyoming, Missoula. Register here (scroll down at that website).
June 14 (Sun) — Tour de Farms by bike. Hamilton area. Info/register here.
June 17 (Wed) –– Flathead Lakers Annual Meeting. 5-7:30 pm, Barn at Finley Point.
June 17 — Montana Range Tour (scroll down). Gold Creek. Register by 6/2
June 23 (Tues) — Tour the Jocko River restoration project. 10 am – 2 pm. Info/RSVP
June 23 — Free screening of The Little Things that Run the World (by High Plains Films). 7:30 pm, Roxy Theater, 718 South Higgins, Missoula. Info/Reserve your seat here.
June 26-28 — MT Native Plant Society Annual Rendezvous, Homestake Lodge along the Continental Divide just east of Butte. Theme: Botany on the Batholith. Deadline to register is June 10.
June 27 (Sat) — Montana Herbal Festival –– Medicinal Plants regenerating the land. Orion Farmstead, Ovando.
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July 2026
July 1 (Wed) — Missoula Land Use Board hearing on the Bonner Data Center project 6pm at Missoula County Courthouse annex room 151. Info here and how to attend remotely.
July 7 (Tues) — Tour CSK Tribes native plants greenhouses. Ronan. 10 – 11 am. Info/RSVP
July 8 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge. Followed in the afternoon by tour of some stream restoration work on Spotted Dog creek.
July 16 (Thurs) — Flathead Lake Biostation Lake Cruise . 5-7pm.
July 23 (Thurs) — Native Seed Collecting Workshop offered by MT DNRC Nursery, Missoula. 5:30 – 6:30 pm.. Info/RSVP.
July 25 (Sat) — Raspberry Jam at ThunderRoad Farm near Arlee. check back for details.
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August 2026
August 6 (Thurs) — Flathead Lakers’ Summer Soiree (FUNdraiser), Flathead Forever in Big Arm.
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. Info.
Aug 14 (Fri) — MUD (Missoula Urban Demo) Project Sustainability Fair at Missoula’s Ogren Park at Allegiance Field (where the Paddleheads play).
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September 2026
Sept 11 (Fri) — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm . Info here.
Sept 14-18 — Watershed Tour — Responsible Practices to Protect Water Quality. Offered by MT Watershed Coordination Council . Info/register. Includes Butte, Hamilton, Missoula, Kalispell, Flathead
Sept 16 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group BBQ, meeting, tour. 2pm to 8pm. Check back to confirm place & time.
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October 2026
Oct 3 (Sat) — Home Resource’s Zero Waste Awards. Missoula. check back for info.
Oct 13-16 — Wild Trout Symposium XIV — Managing Wild Trout in a Changing Environment. West Yellowstone. American Fisheries Society — Western Division.
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. Check back for link. Focus: Interpreting, protecting, restoring ecological resilience in the basin.
Nov 18 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge
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December 2026
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
- 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 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
