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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January 2026
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March 2026
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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
Now until end of October — Milltown Park Confluence closed to vehicles due to construction.
Aug 23 (Sat) — Montana Clean Energy Fair. Great Falls. 9am-4pm
Aug 23 — Gardening with Native Plants — 10-11 am at Missoula’s Rocky Mountain Gardens. Info/register
Aug 23 — Wild Rockies Field Institute’s End of Summer Party & Fundraiser. 2-5 pm Silent Auction; 5-7pm–Students present their projects. 7-9 pm food & music. Confluence Center, 119 W. Main, Missoula
Aug 26 (Tues) — Clark Fork River Restoration Field Tour & Social. 1-4 pm, meet at Lower Arrow-stone Park Picnic Pavilion in Deer Lodge. There will be refreshments and van pools. All welcome.
Aug 26 — Free presentation on ‘Full Ecology — Health of the Land is Health of the People.’ 5-7 pm. Alumni Legacy Lounge at Montana State University Union Station. Hosted by MtHPHC, and CAIRHE (Center for American Indian and Rural Health Excellence). Also available on Zoom here.
Aug 28 – Zoom presentation on Montana Transparent Election Initiative to Stop Corporate Political Spending, 7pm . Zoom link
Aug 30 (Sat) — Visit Milltown Ponds with Wild Montana to see dragonflies & damselflies. 8:30-11 am. meet at Milltown State Park overlook for 3 mile hike down to ponds. Long sleeves, pants & water bottle recommended.
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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 plants. 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. Info here.
Sept 6 (Sat) — ReWild Your Yard workshop.10am-2pm. Missoula Extension at the Fairgrounds.
Sept 6 —Missoula Urban Demo (MUD)’s annual Garden Party (& FUNdraiser). 6-10 pm. Friends, Food, Music, demos, silent auction . Info here.
Sept 7 (Sun) –– International Clean Air Day
Sept 7 – Sunday Streets on Missoula’s North Side. Streets closed to vehicles but open for fun noon to 4pm. Closed streets include parts of: Waverly, Cooley, Mitchell, Howell, Holmes, Defoe. More info here.
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. features Smoke Elser.
Sept 13 (Sat) — SPONCON (Spontaneous Construction) — Home ReSource’s celebration of reuse. Teams build useful or artistic pieces from used materials. Missoula. register your team here.
Sept 13– Evening Under the Big Sky — MT 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 14 — Permaculture Potluck at Missoula’s Free Cycles. 2pm. Share food & permaculture news & views with other permaculture friends. 732 S. 1st W, Missoula.
Sept 14-16 — Climate week in Billings. Billings Climate Coalition
Sept 15-19 — MT Watershed Coordination Council’s 2025 Watershed Symposium. Beyond the Banks — Impacts of Watershed Conservation. Billings. Register by Aug 22. Agenda & Registration.
Sept 16 (Tues) – Screening of Single-Use Planet. 5:30-8:30 pm, Billings Climate Coalition.
Sept 16 — 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 (Wed) –Organic No Till Farming Field Day. 2-6pm, Long Step Farm, Frenchtown.
Sept 17 —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 – RESCHEDULED TO SEPT 24 — Saving the Big Sky– Land Conservation in Montana. 6-7:30 pm, MT Natural History Center, 120 Hickory, Missoula. Free.
Sept 19 (Fri) — Sustainability Tours on the UM Campus. See what UM is doing to shrink its footprint. Meet at 11 am & 3 pm at the Arboretum Roots display (between Main Hall and Natural Science, west of the UC.
Sept 19-21 — MMI Warriors Retreat on Flathead Lake. Self defense, self care, sisterhood.
Sept 20 (Sat) — Everything Electric — Energy open house with (on-grid & off-grid) solar panels, heat pumps (house & water), induction stovetop, electric bikes & vehicles, etc. Noon -6 pm at 7208 Clark Way, Bozeman
Sept 20 — 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, Rocky Mountain Gardens, Missoula Fairgrounds
Sept 24 (Wed) — Saving the Big Sky– Land Conservation in Montana. 6-7:30 pm, MT Natural History Center, 120 Hickory, Missoula. Free.
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 .Note — rescheduled to Feb 27, 2026.
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. workshops, tours, solar parties, climate ride.
Sept 28 (Sun) — Water-wise Landscaping Workshop. Hamilton, 2-5:30 pm.
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October 2025
Oct 2 (Thur) — Land to Hand’s Harvest Celebration. 3:30-5:30 pm. in Columbia Falls, Wildcat Garden, 1805 Talbot Road. Check back for more info.
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 5 (Sun) — Climate Protector Ride in Missoula, 9-2. FUNdraiser for climate action.
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
Nov 1 (Sat) — Mount Jumbo Elk Ramble 15K Trail Race! This area closes to recreation on Dec 1 to welcome the elk herd. Organized by RunWild Missoula. info/registration here.
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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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January 2026
Jan 14 (Wed) — Tribute to Ted Turner’s Conservation Efforts at Emerson Center for the Arts. Check back for more info.
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February 2026
Feb 27 — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm . Info here.
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March 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
- Conservation Calendar for Montana
- Families for a Livable Climate
- Five Valleys Audubon community calendar
- Five Valleys Land Trust volunteer events
- 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 Facebook 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
- Gallatin Watershed Council events
- 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 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 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 … Events Calendar
- Montana Natural History Center (Missoula)
- MT Native Plant Society events
- MT Native Plant Society’s 2024 Field Trip schedule.
- MT Native Plant Society’s 2025 field Trip Schedule
- 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
- 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
- Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation events
- Whitefish Legacy Partners
- Wild Montana Events ….. & Wilderness Walks
- Women Bike Missoula Facebook events
