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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October 2026
Saturdays– Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .
Sundays — Volunteer at Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden 9-11 am.
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
Now to Oct 15 –– Bike to Barns – bike to local farms near Missoula.
Oct 12-14 — Cold Climate Conference –– sustainable building science for the Northern Rockies. MSU. info/tickets.
Oct 13 (Tues) — Missoula Water Quality Advisory Council meeting cancelled until next month.
Oct 13 , 15 — Hands-on Learning in urban permaculture at Living Classroom. Missoula, 5-7pm. info, email Kate
Oct 13-16 — Wild Trout Symposium XIV — Managing Wild Trout in a Changing Environment. West Yellowstone. American Fisheries Society — Western Division
Oct 13 to Nov 17 (Tues)– Insects 101 course, 6-7:30 pm, Missoula Butterfly House. Info/register.
Oct 14 (Wed)– Birding to Change the World. UM President’s Lecture Series. 7:30 pm, UC Ballroom, Missoula.
Oct 14-15 — Building Resilience with Adaptive Ranching. University of Montana-Western, Dillon. Free. Register here.
Oct 14, 21, 27 — Harvest willows for Grant Creek restoration. pick a date/time that works for you. located 20-40 minutes from Missoula. Info/sign up here with Clark Fork Coalition.
Oct 15 (Thurs)– Water-Wise Landscaping Workshop, Teller Wildlife Refuge, Corvallis . 5:30-7:30 pm. Register.
Oct 15 — MPG Ranch’s Native Seed Farm & some restoration projects, a talk by manager McKenzie Sebastian. 7pm at Victor Fire hall, 2383 Meridian Rd, Victor. All welcome.
Oct 16 (Fri) — Sustainability Tour on the UM Campus. 3-4pm. All welcome. Location here.
Oct 16 — Montana Natural History Center Fall Banquet & Auction 5-9 pm, UM’s University Center Ballroom.
Oct 16 — Bob Fest –– celebrate Bob Marshall wilderness. 5-9 pm, Flathead Co. Fairgrounds Expo Building. FUNdraiser, music, dinner, auction, raffle
Oct 16, 23, 24 30 – Volunteer on stream restoration projects in the Bitterroot Valley — Info/signup
Oct 17 (Sat)– Bird Walk at Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge, Bitterroot Valley. 10 am- 1 pm. Info here.
Oct 17 — Mushroom hunting with Western MT Mycological Association., Sheep Creek area. Meet at 10:30 am at Alta Campground, 33 miles southwest of Darby. Species identified & DNA sequenced. More info, email Larry.
Oct 17 — Don’t Toss It — Fixit ! Free repair clinic offered by Home Resource, Missoula. 11am-2pm
Oct 17 — No Kings Rally, Caras Park, Missoula. 11 am Info here.
Oct 17 — No Kings Rally in Hamilton (HWY 93 & Main), 11 am – 1pm.
Oct 17 — PEAS FARM Pumpkin Party 11-3,
Oct 17-18 — Wildlife Tracker Certification course. Offered in the Swan Valley. Info
Oct 18 (Sun) — Lolo Pass Highway Cleanup with Wild Montana. meet 8am in Missoula. Info/register.
Oct 18 — Bird Walk in Milltown State Park. 9-11 am . Info
Oct 19 (Mon) — Using beneficial fire to connect, restore & reimagine the landscape. noon-1pm in UM’s Forestry building 206.
Oct 20 (Tues) — MT Native Plant Society shares 2026 Summer Fieldtrip slideshow via Zoom. 7pm. All the beautiful places NPS members visited this past summer. All welcome. Register for zoom link.
Oct 20-22 — Landscape Conservation Design — focused on whitebark pine, forests, grasslands, & shrublands. Hosted by CSKT & Crown Managers Partnership. Info here…. Register here by Oct 12
Oct 20-22 — CoBuild Montana Summit at UM, Missoula. Many guest speakers address how to solve Montana’s economic & community challenges. Bring your ideas. Info/register here.
Oct 21 — Climate Conversation & Potluck. 6:30-8:30 pm. Bozeman Public Safety Center Community Room, 901 N.Rouse. All welcome.
Oct 21-22 — Garden City Harvest’s Fall Stock Up Veggie Sale . noon – 6pm at River Road Farm, 1657 River Road, Missoula
Oct 22-25 — Montana Film Festival. in Missoula
Oct 23 (Fri) — Lolo Trail Hike at Howard Creek with Wild Montana. meet 9 am in Lolo. Info/register.
Oct 23 -24 – MT Governor’s Summit on Local Food & Agriculture, Helena. Tickets.
Oct 23 or 24 –– Help plant willows along Cameron Creek in the Bitterroot Valley near Sula. 9:30-1pm. Info/sign up (scroll down to Cameron Creek)
Oct 24 (Sat) — All Day Birding trip to Brown’s Lake. 8 am meet in Missoula to carpool. Info here.
Oct 24-25 — Help put Missoula community gardens to bed for the winter. To pick a garden & a time, contact lindsey@gardencityharvest.org
Oct 24 or 30 — Plant trees on Grant Creek restoration site (west of Missoula). 10am – 4pm. Info/sign up. Organized by Clark Fork Coalition.
Oct 27 (Tues) –– Data Centers in Montana : pros & cons. MSU & MT Tech researchers discuss. 5:30 pm. Inspiration Hall in Norm Asbjornson Hall, 2nd floor, W Grant St, Bozeman. Info/tickets
Oct 27 — Impacts of data centers and how to regulate. A presentation by Missoula County staff. 6pm in Home Arts Building at the Missoula County Fairgrounds.
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 use. Info: janelle.groff@flbs.umt.edu . To register, create an account here. Login
Oct 30 (Fri) — Bug Appetit ! FUNdraiser for Missoula Butterfly House. Gourmet meal with bug dishes. 6 pm door; 6:30 pm dinner. at 1075 South Ave. W. Tickets $85
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November 2026
Nov 4-5 — Clark Fork River Science Forum. Missoula County Fairgrounds Exploration Center. Info. Focus: Interpreting, protecting, restoring ecological resilience in the basin.
Nov 5-6 — Montana Forest Collaboration workshop.. in Missoula.
Nov 6 — Celebrate the Great Burn, 5-8pm at Goodworks, 129 West Alder Street, Missoula.
Nov 14 (Sat) — Missoula’s Clark Fork indoor farmer’s market starts.
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. check back for details
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 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 19 — 127th Annual Missoula Christmas Bird Count & potluck. Info & how to help here.
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January 2027
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 20 — Climate & Health in the 406 annual conference. Carrol College, Helena.
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March 2027
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 17-22 –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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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
- Don’t Pollute the ‘Root.
- 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 list of 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
- recordings of recent events here.
- Gallatin Watershed Council events and calendar
- Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance events
- Governor’s Energy Task Force calendar & 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 calendar and volunteer page
- Missoula Events Calendar
- Missoula Foodbank events
- Missoula Redevelopment Agency Meetings & Agenda
- Missoula’s Reserve Street — Let’s Improve it.
- Missoula Resists — events calendar
- 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 Constitution RoadShow events
- 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 … Seminars spring 2026
- Montana Kayak Academy (scroll down to calendar)
- Montana Legislature Water Policy Interim Committee. meeting recordings
- Montana Natural History Center (Missoula)
- MT Native Plant Society events and past online presentations.
- MT NPS field trip schedules: 2024 ; 2025 ; 2026
- 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
- Project Community Connect – neighbors helping neighbors.
- Rattlesnake Creek Watershed Group ….. events
- Ravalli County Fish & Wildlife Association
- 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 Volunteer Service 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 & volunteer events
- Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation events
- Whitefish Legacy Partners
- Wild Montana Events ….. & Wilderness Walks
- Volunteer Trail Crew projects 2026
- Women Bike Missoula Facebook events
