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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November 2026

Saturdays–  Farmers Markets Guide & Local Food Guide . Markets have moved indoors.

Mondays — Household Chemical Disposal, Missoula, 11 AM to 4:30 PM.  Home ReSource  events.

2nd Wednesdays — Climate Conversations. 5:30-7:30pm. Flathead Lakers office. 110 Main,  Polson

2nd Thursdays — Climate Volunteers Gathering. 9:15 am at MT Natural History Center,  Missoula.

Nov 3 (Tues)  — ELECTION DAY 

Nov 3 (Tues) : Snail Fest, a community bike-packing festival! 7pm, at Free Cycles, 732 S 1st St W. Missoula

Nov 3 — Resilient Homestead program starts — a virtual class that meets every 2 weeks for 4 months.

Nov 4 (Wed) — Wildlife Crossings around the World — science & policy of road ecology & connectivity for wildlife. noon-1:15 pm at Missoula Public Library, 4th floor.

Nov 4 — Large Carnivores in Yellowstone Park. noon. MSU Byker auditorium & on  Webex 

Nov 4 — Making health more sustainable with climate action. Dr. Lori Byron, MT Health & Climate. 12:30-1:30 pm. Lewis & Clark Library, Helena. or Join via Zoom

Nov 4 — Willow Planting Party on Lolo Creek. with Lolo Watershed Group.  2-4pm.  Info/RSVP here.

Nov 4 –Sean Sullivan, Rhithron, speaks on aquatic biomonitoring– methods and challenges, 5-6pm in 106 Forestry. All welcome

Nov 4 — Data Center presentation to Missoula Planning Board. 6pm. Missoula Courthouse Moiese room.

Nov 4-5 — Clark Fork River Science Forum. Missoula County Fairgrounds Exploration Center. Info.  Focus: Interpreting, protecting, restoring ecological resilience in the basin. Registration closes 10/23

Nov 4-5 — Montana Invasive Species Summit. Montana Heritage Center, 225 N. Roberts, Helena.

Nov 5 (Thurs) — Elouise Cobell Day  — celebration at UM’s Native American Center, 1pm — prayer & honor song. Then 1:15-3:15 pm — panel of Native women legislators.

Nov 5  – Missoula Resists Fundraiser, 6-9pm, at Free Cycles, 732 S 1st St W. Missoula

Nov 5 — Frenchtown Smurfit-Stone Community Advisory Group’s monthly meeting on the Frenchtown pulp mill superfund site. 6pm at the Frenchtown Fire Department or via Zoom. Agenda: Sam Carlson, Clark Fork Coalition provides Update on the Clark Fork River Science Forum.

Nov 5 — Retiring Flathead Biostation Director Jim Elser shares a final State of the Lake — 6:30pm at Flathead Lake Brewing Co., Bigfork. Info/tickets/donations  

Nov 5 — Deadline to comment on draft environmental assessment of a copper mine exploration proposal in the Blackfoot River watershed. Info here. 

Nov 5-6 — Montana Forest Collaboration Network workshop.. in Missoula.

Nov 6 (Fri) — Celebrate the Great Burn, 5-8pm, Goodworks, 129 West Alder, Missoula. Cool Raffle.

Nov 7 (Sat) — Coffee & horse packing with Smoke Elser. 10am-noon at Smoke’s Barn, 3800 Rattlesnake Drive, Missoula.

Nov 7  –– Fall Bike Sale ,  10am – 5pm  at Free Cycles, 732 S 1st St W. Missoula

Nov 7 — Honoring Extinct Species. Participatory art & dance. Free.  7-9pm at Free Cycles, 732 S 1st St W. Missoula

Nov 9 (Mon) — Reintroducing Sharp-tailed Grouse to western Montana. 7pm. in-person at Hope Lutheran Church, 2152 West Graf (off S. 19th), Bozeman. For virtual attendance register here.

Nov 10 (Tues) — Montana Clean Energy Summit. MSU – Bozeman.  Register

Nov 11 (Wed) — Bringing Beavers Back— learn how these ecosystem engineers store water, restore wetlands, & build climate resilience for landscapes & communities. 6-7:30 pm at Confluence Center, Missoula. Free but space is limited so  RSVP here. Hosted by Clark Fork Coalition. 

Nov 11 —Talking Turtles & Singing Ice— listening to nature. 7pm, virtual.   Info & Zoom registration. 

Nov 12 (Thurs) — Data Center impacts presentation to Missoula County Commissioners. 2pm. Missoula County Courthouse Moiese Room.

Nov 13 (Fri)  — COMMENT DEADLINE  for MT DEQ’s draft Environmental Assessment of a proposed mineral exploration project near the Little Blackfoot River. Submit comments to deqmepa@mt.gov  

Nov 13-14 — Northern Plains Resource Council’s annual meeting, Billings. Approving new bylaws as converts from 501 (c) (3) to 501 (c) (4) & sets up nonprofit foundation.

Nov 14 (Sat) — Missoula’s Clark Fork indoor farmer’s market starts. Runs to April 3.  9am to 1pm at 208 Ryman.

Nov 14 — Wildlife Tracking course,  10 am – noon at Council Grove State Park, near Missoula. Info/register here. 

Nov 16,17,18,19 — public meetings on Missoula County’s Wildfire Protection Plan. 6-7:30 pm. Locations & other info here.

Nov 17 (Tues) — Pattee Creek Watershed Group meets. 6-7pm at Missoula Public Library Blackfoot Communications room. All welcome.

Nov 17-19 — MT DNRC offers virtual seminars on Floodplain Management. 1-5pm.  Info

Nov 18 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group  meets. 10 am to 2 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge. Agenda: clarify group’s purpose & direction moving forward.

Nov 18 — Montana TMDL Advisory Group meets. 9-11am. via zoom link and in-person at DEQ HQ (2nd floor Wilderness Room),  2401 Colonial Drive, Helena.  Info: CStaten@mt.gov or (406) 444-2836

Nov 19 (Thurs) — Fossil Plants, a talk by UM Palentology Center manager. 7pm at Rocky Mountain Exploration Center, 1075 S. Ave. W., Missoula

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December 2026

Dec 3 (Thurs) — Clark Fork Coalition annual holiday party . check back for details.

Dec 5 (Sat) — Tribute to the Wild –– Wild Montana welcomes wild friends to this celebration. 3-5pm, Field & Stream Lodge, Bozeman.  Check back for link to info.

Dec 8-10 — Montana Organic Association annual conference. Great Falls.

Dec 10 (Thurs) — Montana Beaver Working Group  annual meeting (virtual).  10am-noon. Zoom link here. 

Dec 19 — 127th Annual Missoula Christmas Bird Count & potluck. Info & how to help here. 

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January 2027

Jan 8 — Floodplain Bootcamp offered by DNRC.  Virtual. One hour a week through May. Info shylea.wingard@mt.gov

Jan 11 — DNRC Conservation Nursery Seed sale starts

Jan 19 — DNRC Conservation Nursery  Seedling sale starts

Jan 21 — short film and talk on ‘Is it the End of Night?’ — on loss of dark skies & how to save them. Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman. Reception (6pm) includes book signing, treats, tour of Taylor Planetarium. 7pm talk by Paul Bogard, author of End of Night.

Jan 26-29 — MT Chapter of American Fisheries Society meets in Billings

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February 2027

Feb 10 — Gallatin Water Science Symposium, 8am-6pm at Inspiration Hall on MUS Bozeman campus.

Feb 17 (Wed) — Montana’s New Climate Trends– should we worry? authors of the MT Climate Assessment. Crawford Theater, Emerson Center, 111 South Grand Avenue,  Bozeman. 6pm reception, 7 pm panel.

Feb 19 (Fri) — Climate Advocacy Day at the state capitol in Helena. 11 am – 1pm.

Feb 20 (Sat) — Climate & Health in the 406 annual conference. Carrol College, Helena.

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March 2027

March 6 (Sat) — Free the Seeds with Land to Hand. Flathead Valley Community College. 9am-3pm.  celebrate food, gardening, community. Free seeds & workshops.

March 19-21 — Montana Environmental Education Association’s annual conference in Missoula. check back for details.

March 22 (Mon)– Montana Science Fair, UM’s Adams Center,  Missoula.

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April 2027

April 7  (Fri) — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm . Info here.

April 17 — Gallatin Valley Earth Day Festival & Fun Run. check back for more info.

April 17-22 –The International Wildlife Film Festival is 50 years old. Check back for info on festivities.

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May 2027

May 12-14 — Volunteer Water Monitoring Training at Flathead Lake Biological Station.

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June 2027

June 25-27 — MT Native Plant Society annual meeting at Sunshine Lion’s Camp near Elliston, on Highway 12, west of Helena

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July 2027

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August 2027

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September 2027

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October 2027

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November 2027

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December 2027

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