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. 

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April 2026
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June 2026
July 2026
August 2026
September 2026
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026

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April 2026

APRIL IS EARTH MONTH — AND Zero Waste Action Month 

Earthrise by Poet Amanda Gorman. . Funny Earth video here. . Inspiring Earth video here.

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May 2026

May is Bike Month — Missoula Parks & Rec offers guided bike tours. May 6,13,20,27 at noon.

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

Sundays (starting in May):  Volunteering at Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden

Mondays — Household Chemical Disposal in Missoula from 11 AM to 4:30 PM. Register on  events page of Home ReSource website.

Now until June 8, can submit comments on  MT DEQ’s updating of Circular DEQ-7  (human health water standards)

Now until June 10, can submit comments on   Montana DEQ’s Water Quality Standards review.

May 5 (Tues) — Short Course on Hydric Soils (free). Bozeman. Info here.

May 5 — Community Forum on Sheep Creek mine proposal, protecting headwaters, mining reform. 4pm, Ravalli County Fairgrounds event center, 100 Old Corvallis Rd, Hamilton. Brief project update, issue-focused remarks from invited candidates and officeholders, and a moderated public discussion.

May 5 — Finding Common Ground on Montana’s Public lands, climate, water, wildlife. 6pm at Confluence Center (119 W. Main, Missoula ) Panelists from MEIC, Clark Fork Coalition, Climate Smart, Sierra Club, WildEarth Guardians. Refreshments.

May 6 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group  meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge

May 6 — Missoula County offers free workshops on assessing how to make your home more energy efficient. 1st one is May 6,  5:30-7pm. Info here.  Later steps in the process are May 13,   May 16 &  May 20   Most are 5:30-7pm except the tour on May 16 which is 2-4pm.

May 6 — Community Building Garden Party –– info on how to work with your community to be more climate resilient + live music, food, raffle. 6-8pm at Soil Cycle (736 S. 1st St W, Missoula). Co-hosts include Climate Smart Missoula, UM Climate Response Club & more.

May 7 (Thur) –- Pup Poop Up-Scoop  Bozeman, 4-6pm.  Info/RSVP  to help.

May 7 –– Volunteer at Rocky Mountain Gardens, Missoula 10 am to noon.

May 7 – Wildflower Walk at Milltown State Park. with MT Native Plant Society. 5:30-7 pm. Info/rsvp

May 7 —Protect Roadless Wildlands.   Don’t Turn Forests into Trump Stumps. 6-8 pm Holiday Inn Parkside Ballroom. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Speakers include frontline defenders of our public lands. Take action to protect USFS roadless areas. Submit your public comment on proposed rule at this event. Raffle on Blackfoot River Tour.via

May 7 — Smurfit-Stone superfund site Community Advisory Group meets. All welcome. 6pm at Frenchtown Fire Department or via zoom link. EPA presents Community Involvement Plan.

May 7 (Thur)  then Tuesdays — Gather at the Living Classroom for hands-on learning about creating a permaculture urban homestead. 5-7 pm, Missoula. Info/RSVP email Kate. 

May 7 — Tales of Flathead Lake. 6:30-8pm, in Bigfork

May 7-11 — Global Earth Repair Convergence. Online (& in-person at Port Townsend, WA).

May 11 (Mon) — Water Policy Interim Committee meets. 9am. Capitol room 317.  Agenda.  . public can participate in person or remotely.. How to participate. 

May 12 — Ecology & Management of Invasive Weeds. Missoula County Fairgrounds. $10.

May 13 (Wed) — End of Semester Thrift Sale at UM. 9am – 2pm. Schreiber Gym.  Students donate items they no longer need; you get a great deal, and less waste to the landfill.

May 13 — Tree Planting in Missoula’s Northside Neighborhood. 10am – 2 pm. Info/sign up to volunteer.

May 13 — Farming in the face of climate change — farmer Max Smith. speaker & potluck. 5:30-7:30 pm at Flathead Lakers office, 110 Main, Suite B, Polson.

May 14 (Thurs) — Spring Potluck of Native Plant Society–Clark Fork Chapter. 6:30 pm at Pineview Park Pavilion in Missoula. Bring your own utensils & a dish to share. No alcohol.

May 15 (Fri) — Jeannette Rankin Peace Center’s annual Peace Party. 5-9pm in Univ. of Montana’s Education Building. Info & tickets.

May 16 (Sat) — Gallatin Watershed Spring  Cleanup  10 am – 12:30pm followed by Celebration 12:30 -2:30 pm.  Bozeman. Info/signup

May 16 — Resilient Homes Tour — see how Missoulians have made their homes climate change resilient.  2-4pm tour; 4-5pm happy hour. Info/RSVP

May 16 — Springo FUNdraiser for Missoula Urban Demo Project. Play bingo & win garden tools. 4-7pm at Rocky Mountain Gardens.

May 16 — 50th annual meeting of Cabinet Resource Group. potluck, silent auction, presentation on Tailings Dam Failure. Social hour starts at 4pm. Elk Barn Inn, 407 Elk Cr. Rd, Heron.

May 18 (Mon) — UM Retirees perform cleanup on Highway 200, meet at Comfort Inn, 1021 E. Broadway at 10 am. Register here to attend.

May 19 (Tues) — MT Data Centers panel discussion. 5:30 pm. University of MOntana University Center Theater. sponsored by 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 21 (Thur) — MT Bumble Bee Atlas –– Community Science in Action. 7pm at Missoula Butterfly House, Info/tickets.

May 29 (Fri) — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm . Info here.

May 30 (Sat) — Great Day of Gardening.  Help get Missoula’s community gardens ready for the growing season. 10am to 1pm. Info/signup here

May 30 — How to ReWild your Yard. Workshop offered by Missoula County. Register for $25. Plant packs are $40.

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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 3 (Wed) — USFS webinar on how the Lolo National Forest draft plan addresses Wildlife Habitat, connectivity & linkage areas. 5:30-7pm via TEAMS.  Link here.  

June 6 (Sat) — 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 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 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 18  (Thurs) –– Flathead Lakers Annual Meeting. 5-7:30 pm, Barn at Finley Point.

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.

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July 2026

July 7 (Tues) — Tour CSK Tribes native plants greenhouses. Ronan. 10 – 11 am. Info/RSVP

July 15 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group  meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge

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. 

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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 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 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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