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 2025
Saturday Farmers Markets move indoors. Like Missoula’s Clark Fork Market at Locals Only/Badlander, 135 W. Broadway, Nov 15 to April 4. Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .
Sundays to Nov 16 — Watershed Education Network’s Stream Team monitors Missoula area streams (weather dependent). 11am-3pm. RSVP here.
Wednesdays to Nov 19 — Citizen Law School at UM. 6:30 pm. offered online here. Free.
Fridays to Nov 12 — Watershed Education Network needs volunteers to help Missoula schools with watershed education events. Info/signup here
Now to Nov 14 — Support UM‘s Biodiversity research/teaching collections. Crowdfunding link here.
Nov 6-7 — MT Forest Collaboration Network annual meeting. Hilton Garden Inn, Missoula. Agenda.
Nov 7 — Great Burn Conservation Alliance annual party. 5-8pm at GoodWorks Ventures, Missoula. Updates on projects, looking ahead, food/drink, raffle. Info
Nov 8 (Sat) — Like those Lichens Field Day with Tim Wheeler 10-3; Missoula Kim Williams Trail.
Nov 8 — Jeannette Rankin biography book tour. CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, 11-12:30 . RSVP
Nov 9 (Sun) — Stories from the Rattlesnake Creek watershed — Dams in the Rattlesnake Wilderness. Morgan Valliant of Missoula Parks & Rec shares the history. 2-3:30 pm at Missoula Public Library 4th floor.
Nov 9 — Jeannette Rankin biography book tour. Lewis & Clark Library, Helena, 2:30-4pm. RSVP.
Nov 9 — Neighborhood Resiliency Day — workshops, potluck, tabling music. 10am-9pm, Free Cycles, 732 S. 1st st W ,Missoula. Info/RSVP for workshops.
Nov 9, 16 — Watershed Education Network’s citizen scientists wrap up the season of monitoring Missoula’s Rattlesnake Creek & Grant Creek. All welcome. Info here. weather dependent.
Nov 11 -12 — Diane Boyd, author of A Woman Among Wolves, shares her experiences living in the Glacier area for 40 yeas and tracking, collaring and monitoring wolves. Save a seat here Nov 11 or here Nov 12. 6:30-8pm at Xplorer Maps, 1245 S 3rd St W, Missoula
Nov 12 — POSTPONED on Nov 19 –public comment on plans to replace the turf at Missoula’s Ogren Park — grass vs plastic turf . Meanwhile can sign this letter in support of natural grass.
Nov 12 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow working group meets. 10am-12:30pm. Powell County Community Center, Deer Lodge. updates on current streamflow projects and plans for 2026.
Nov 12 — Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority Board meeting (online). 11am-12:30 pm. Agenda & TEAMS link. ..may have to try the link a few times.
Nov 12 — Montana’s Water in a Climate Changed Future. Upper Missouri Waterkeeper speaker. 12:15 pm. Lewis & Clark Library, Helena.
Nov 12-14 – online workshops offered by MT DNRC on “Floodplain Management in a Changing World” ….Agenda…..zoom link
Nov 13 (Thurs) — Citizen scientists conduct last groundwater sampling of the year at Missoula’s Greenough Park. 1-3:30 pm. weather dependent. Info here.
Nov 13 — Expert panel on Policy issues of Reintroducing Wolves to their native range in MT. 6-8 pm at UM’s University Center room 170. Panel: wildlife biologists, state representatives, local nonprofits.
Nov 14 (Fri) — UM Surplus Sale — furniture, electronics. 9am-1pm. Lommasson Center 120. More about UM Surplus regular sales here.
Nov 14 — Organizing for Living Systems Resilience In the Era of Metacrisis with Common Good Missoula, 2-5 pm in UM’s Native American Center.
Nov 18 (Tue) — Meet the Missoula Phlox, UM prof Meredith Zettlemoyer shares conservation science for Missoula’s endemic phlox. 7pm. register here for zoom link.
Nov 19 (Wed) — Free screening of Holding on to Arid Land. 5-7pm at UM’s Don Anderson Hall, Room 210. 70-min. film about Hmong farmers seeking land justice. Followed by Q&A with filmmakers & UM researchers. Hosted by UM Env. Studies, International Development Program, & Env. Science Journalism.
Nov 19 or Dec 3 – tentative dates for Missoula county committee meeting to discuss whether to replace turf in Ogren ball field with grass or artificial turf. Email mtplasticfreemissoula@gmail.com if you wish to participate.
Nov 20 (Thurs) — Learn how conservation easements can protect your land. 9am to noon at Flathead Valley Community College, Arts & Technology building room 144. RSVP: info@flatheadlandtrust.org, 406-752-8293
Nov 20 – Conifers at the Top of the World – from Montana to the Andes...Enzo Martelli Moya speaks to the Montana Native Plant Society. All welcome. 7pm at Rocky Mountain Exploration Center, 1075 South Ave W (SE corner of building).
Nov 23 (Sun) — Permaculture innovator Paul Wheaton presents on Rocket Mass Heaters followed by Q&A. noon-2pm at Free Cycles, 732 S. 1st W, Missoula.
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December 2025
Dec 1 — MT TMDL Advisory Group meets. 1:30-3pm at DEQ HQ in Helena and via zoom. Info here (scroll down to TMDL info) .
Dec 1, 8, 15 — Virtual Wetlands, Riparian, & Aquatics workshop offered by Crown Managers Partnership. 9am-noon each day. Sharing knowledge to create landscape scale conservation strategies. More info here.…… zoom link.
Dec 2 (Tues) — Native Plant Propagation. Molly Anton, Rocky Mountain Gardens coordinator shares her experience. 6-8pm, Missoula County Extension (fairgrounds). Info/register
Dec 4 (Thur) — Frenchtown Smurfit-Stone (superfund) Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting. 6pm at the Frenchtown fire station and on zoom. All welcome.
Dec 5 (Fri) — Household Haz Waste drop off at Home Resource. . Info here
Dec 5 — Watershed Education Network’s year end celebration. Check back for info.
Dec 5 — MT Natural History Center’s Holiday Bazaar 5-7pm, Missoula
Dec 9-11. Montana Organic Association’s annual conference. Mansfield Convention Center, Great Falls. Workshops, panels, speakers, food & fun. Info here.
Dec 10-13– many Wild Montana chapters have their annual meeting. Info here.
Dec 12 (Fri) — Climate Smart Missoula’s Holiday Party. 5-8pm at Goodworks Place
Dec 12 — Clark Fork Coalition Holiday Party. 6-10 pm. The Wilma , 131 S. Higgins. Missoula
Dec 14 (Sun) — Families for a Livable Climate End of Year Party. 5-8pm at Free Cycles, 732 S. 1st W, , Missoula. RSVP.
Dec 16 (Tues) — Montana Beaver Working Group virtual meeting with presentations on recent & future projects. 9-11 am. Zoom link. Submit presentations by Oct 17 here: Presentation Submission Form
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January 2026
Jan 12 — How woodpeckers support forest health (with hole homes). 7pm at UM’s Interdisciplinary Science Building (room 110). MT Native Plant Society & 5 Valleys Audubon welcome all.
Jan 14 (Wed) — Tribute to Ted Turner’s Conservation Efforts at Emerson Center for the Arts, Bozeman. Check back for more info.
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February 2026
Feb 6 (Fri) — Household Haz Waste drop off at Home Resource. . Info here
Feb 10-13 — Montana Chapter of American Fisheries Society annual meeting. Fairmont Hot Springs . For more info, contact Eileen Ryce at ryceeileen1@gmail.com; 406-980-1260. Titles due Dec 1; Abstracts due Jan 15. Submit here.
Feb 13-23 — Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula
Feb 24-27 — Association of Montana Floodplain Managers annual conference, Great Falls.
Feb 27 — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm . Info here.
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March 2026
March 7 (Sat) — Free the Seeds –– Land to Hand will be giving away seeds at Flathead Valley Community College.
March 20-22 — Montana Environmental Education Association Annual Meeting, Missoula
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April 2026
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May 2026
Saturdays– Outdoor Farmers Markets restart. See Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .
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June 2026
June 26-28 — MT Native Plant Society Annual Meeting, Homestake Lodge along the Continental Divide just east of Butte.
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July 2026
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August 2026
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October 2026
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November 2026
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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
- 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 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
