Conservation Calendar

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. 

Email event notices here.… Click here for the Conservation Directory.

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July 2025
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September 2025
October 2025
November 2025
December 2025

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July 2025–goodby July

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August 2025

Saturdays Outdoor Farmers Markets. See  Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .

Now thru October — Volunteer work weekends in the Great Burn & other wild areas. <–Info.

Now thru August – Many Volunteer Adventures in the Bob Marshall wilderness. Info here.

Wednesdays thru Sept — MT Native Seed Network volunteer days. conservation project planting. 9am to noon, DNRC Conservation Nursery. 2823 Spurgin Rd, Missoula.  Info: 406-258-3431

Aug 4 (Mon)–Help UM Bird Ecology Lab do some Bird Banding on Rock Creek.  east of Missoula.  Info here. 

Aug 4 — Deadline for written comments on MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks plan to reduce wolf population. Info & how to submit comments here. In person comments can be given at the Fish & Wildlife Commission hearing on Aug 21.

Aug 5-10 — Western Montana Fair — visit beautiful gardens, see displays of flowers & veggies, pet lambs & goats, get free seeds & plants.  Missoula County Fairgrounds. Volunteer for the Green Team (recycling/composting) or as a garden ambassador.

Aug 6  (Wed) — Matt Church, Flathead Biostation speaks on the Hidden Life of Flathead Lake at Science on Tap. 6:30-8pm. The Durham, 49494 US93. Polson.  $5.

Aug 7 (Thurs) — Frenchtown mill superfund site Community Advisory Group meeting. EPA gives updates on studies of the site. All welcome.  6pm at Frenchtown Fire Station. Zoom link here.

Aug 7 — Community Info meeting on Sewer Rates, Water Quality & Transportation issues on Flathead Lake.  7pm, 201 Bills Road, Lakeside. Hosted by Citizens for a Better Flathead and others. More info on the issues. 

Aug 7 — MT Environmental Information Center Social . 7pm. 6th Ave S, Billings. More info. 

Aug 7 — deadline to send BLM comments on the plan to open up 2,600 square miles of the Powder River Basin’s public lands to coal mining. BLM is accepting comments through Aug. 7.

August 8 (Fri) — Flathead Lake Biostation Open House. 11am-3pm . All welcome.

Aug 8 — Meeting on the Central Clark Fork Watershed Restoration Plan, hosted by Clark Fork Coalition. All welcome. 2-4 pm at the Confluence Center, 119 W. Main, Missoula.  Also on Zoom. Register here for zoom link. Help create the plan that will bring more funding to restoration projects.

Aug 8 – written comments due on rules for water related bills passed by the 2025 legislature. 5pm, . Info here.

Aug 9 (Sat) — Flathead Waters Cleanup — volunteers clean up on land & water, 9am-3pm, then celebrate at Sacred Waters Brewing (3250 U.S. Hwy 2 E, Kalispell) 4-8pm.  Info/signup here. 

Aug 9–Bitterroot River Cleanup.  Sign up for a site & clean it at a time that works for you, then join the after party (5-7pm at Ponderosa Bar in Hamilton) . Info/signup here.

Aug 9 — MT Native Plant Society visit Skalkaho Fen. To join them, email Gunner Davies

Aug 11  (Mon) — Deadline to comment on EPA’s plan to eliminate rule regulating toxic air pollution from coal power plants. Submit written comments here by Aug 11. MEIC provides talking points here.

Aug 13 (Wed) — Bird banding with UM and 5 Valleys Audubon at MPG Ranch in the Bitterroot Valley. 8:15 am (carpool from Missoula at 7:15 am). Register for trip with thomas@fvaudubon.org

Aug 13 — public hearing on the proposal to weaken water quality standards for the Kootenai River and Lake Koocanusa.  Also deadline to send in written comments. Info on the issue and how to quickly send in comments provided by MEIC here. 

Aug 14 (Thur) — PEAS Farm Party, 3010 Duncan Dr. Missoula. 5:30 pm. Local Food, Friends, Fun. Info/tickets. 

Aug 16 (Sat) – Montana Arboretum Tour. 10am-11:30 am. UM campus. Meet at The Root  (interpretive site west of the University Center). More tours on Sept 17 & Oct 11

Aug 16 (Sat) — Beginning Bird Walk at Lee Metcalf wildlife refuge in Bitterroot Valley. Meet at Visitor’s Center at 10 am.

Aug 16 –– Blackfoot River Outfitters Memorial Float FUNdraiser for Montana Trout Unlimited.

Aug 21 (Thur) — Farm Dinner FUNdraiser for Land to Hand,<–link to info  5:30-9pm.  Columbia Falls.

Aug 21 — MT Fish & Wildlife Commission public hearing . on MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks plan to reduce wolf population. 8:30 am, MT WILD Auditorium in Helena or via zoom (register for latter by Aug 20).

Aug 23 (Sat) — Montana Clean Energy Fair. Great Falls. 9am-4pm

Aug 23 — Wild Rockies Field Institute’s End of Summer Party & Fundraiser.  2-5 pm Silent Auction; 5-7pm–Students present their course projects. 7-9 pm food & music.  Confluence Center, Missoula

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September 2025

Saturdays Outdoor Farmers Markets. See  Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .

Now thru October — Volunteer work weekends in the Great Burn & other wild areas. <–Info.

Wednesdays thru Sept — MT Native Seed Network‘s volunteer days. conservation project planting. 9am to noon, DNRC Conservation Nursery. 2823 Spurgin Rd, Missoula.  Info: 406-258-3431

Sept 5 (Fri) — Making a Pollinator Garden in the City. 7:30 pm at Missoula’s Rocky Mountain Exploration Center. 1075 S. Ave W.

Sept 6 (Sat) —Missoula Urban Demo (MUD)’s annual Garden Party (& FUNdraiser).  6-10 pm. Food, Music, tabling. Info here.

Sept 7 –– International Clean Air Day 

Sept 8-10 — Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority annual conference. Livingston.

Sept 10 — Flathead Lake Sunset Cruise. Fundraiser for Flathead Lakers.

Sept 10 — Hush of the Land: Stories from the Bob Marshall Wilderness. 7-8:30 pm at MT Natural History Center, 120 Hickory, Missoula. Free.

Sept 13 (Sat) — SPONCON (Spontaneous Construction) — Home ReSource’s annual celebration of reuse. Teams build useful or artistic pieces from used materials. Missoula. register your team here. 

Sept 13– Evening Under the Big Sky — Montana Audubon Center’s annual fundraiser. 5:30 pm, Billings.

Sept 14 (Sun) — Ride for Their Lives–-Health professionals & others ride bikes to draw attention to climate change impacts on children’s health. This global event is organized in Billings by Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate.

 Sept 15-19 — MT Watershed Coordination Council’s 2025 Watershed Symposium. Beyond the Banks — Impacts of Watershed Conservation.  Billings. Agenda & Registration here.

Sept 16 (Tues) — Deadline to register for one of the Montana Pesticide Disposal events. These are  Sept 23 in Plentywood, Sept 24 in Glasgow, Sept 25 in Glendive, Sept 26 in Hardin. For more info, visit  agr.mt.gov/Pesticide-Waste-Disposal-Program or contact Carli Davis at (406) 465-0531.

Sept 17  (Sat) – Montana Arboretum Tour.  5:30-7pm. UM campus. Meet at The Root  (interpretive site west of the University Center). Fall fruits.  Next tour on Oct 1

Sept 17 — Saving the Big Sky– Land Conservation in Montana. 6-7:30 pm, MT Natural History Center, 120 Hickory, Missoula. Free.

Sept 19-21 — MMI Warriors Retreat on Flathead Lake. Self defense, self care, sisterhood.

Sept 20 (Sat) — River Rooted — a celebration of the Bitterroot River. Dinner, Drinks, Dance, Ducks. 4-7:30 pm. River Park in Hamilton. Info here.

Sept 20-21– Montana Herbal Festival, Missoula’s Rocky Mountain Gardens

Sept 25 (Thurs) — Healthy Acres Healthy Communities Foundation’s annual ‘Taste of Missoula’s Finest’ FUNdraiser.  5:30 pm . Great local food & music. Check back for link to info/tickets .

Sept 26 (Fri) — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm . Info here.

Sept 27 (Sat) — National Public Lands Day — includes Petty Creek cleanup  and more to come. 

Sept 27 — ClimateFEST –– 10a-2pm; Missoula’s Caras Park. Info & register to table here. 

Sept 27-Oct 5 — Climate Solutions Week …Missoula

Sept 28 (Sun) — Water-wise Landscaping Workshop. Hamilton, 2-5:30 pm.

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October 2025

Oct 4 (Sat)  — Fall Gathering at the Moon Randolph Homestead, 5pm, Missoula North Hills.

Oct 4 (Sat) – Helena  Sun Run, 10 am, raising funds for solar panels on Helena Food Share. Info/register. NOTE: the Helena Energy Expo info will be posted at this site soon.

Oct 8-10 — American Water Resources Association–MT chapter annual meeting. Great Falls.

Oct 11 (Sat) – Montana Arboretum Tour.  10am-11:30 am. UM campus. Meet at The Root  (interpretive site west of the University Center). Fall colors tour.

Oct 11- 12 — Heart Lake cleanup volunteer work weekend with Women who Explore. <–Info.

Oct 24 (Fri)  — Montana Natural History Center’s annual banquet & fundraiser.  5-9pm in UM’s University Center ballroom.

October 25 (Sat) — Most outdoor farmers market end for the season. 

Oct 28-30 — Montana Pesticide Stewardship Partnership Program (MTPSPP) annual meeting. Past work and  upcoming plans.  Check back for time and place.

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November 2025

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December 2025

Dec 9-11. Montana Organic Association’s annual conference. Mansfield Convention Center, Great Falls. Workshops, panels, speakers, food & fun. Info here.

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