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. 

Email event notices here.… Click here for the Conservation Directory.

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September 2025
October 2025
November 2025
December 2025
January 2026
February 2026
March 2026

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September 2025

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

Help glean apples to keep bears out of trouble in Missoula.  Info/sign up here. 

Now thru October — Volunteer weekends in Great Burn & other wild areas. and  Milltown Park Confluence closed to vehicles due to construction.

Sept Wednesdays– MT Native Seed Network‘s volunteer days. caring for conservation plants. 9am to noon, DNRC Conservation Nursery. 2823 Spurgin Rd, Missoula.  Info: 406-258-3431

Sept 13-14 — Bike to Barns — bike to Missoula area farms. On your own Sept 13; guided tour on Sept 14. info here.

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 13-Oct 26 (weekends) — Bus Shuttles from downtown Missoula to Marshall Mountain (can carry bikes also). hourly from 10am to 5:30 pm.

Sept 14 (Sun) — Deadline to comment on MT FWP’s State Wildlife Action Plan. <– link

Sept 14 —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 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 (Mon) — Making Democracy Work. lecture by Robert Putnam, UM Presidential Lecture Series. 7pm at UM University Center Ballroom & livestreamed.

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) — Help make native seed balls for restoration projects on the Clark Fork river. 4-6:30 pm in Missoula.Info and sign up here.  Fills up fast.

Sept 16 — Open house on proposed redevelopment plan for 8 acres in Missoula’s mid town (info). 4:30-6:30pm, Stockman Bank, 3615 Brooks. Public can also give feedback in this online survey.

Sept 16 — 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 16-17 — Youth Climate Suit Hearing in Missoula. Info & RSVP here.  For the first time ever, a federal court will hear live testimony in a constitutional climate case led by young people! Rally in support 7:15 am (hearing starts at 9am). Note — event has been rescheduled multiple times so keep checking website and sign up for updates.

Sept 17  (Wed) – Joyful Climate Action — with Climate Smart Missoula. noon at Home Resource. Free lunch if you RSVP. 

Sept 17 —Organic No Till Farming Field Day. 2-6pm, Long Step Farm, Frenchtown.

Sept 17 — Stream & Floodplain Restoration in the Vermilion River Watershed (tributary of lower Clark Fork). 4-5pm; Butte – Montana Tech Chemistry building 101 or via  zoom

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 18-19 — Public Lands Law Conference — the changing landscape of the administrative state. University of Montana Law School.  Free. CLE credits available.

Sept 18, 20, 24, 26 — Volunteer work days on stream restoration projects near Missoula. Info/sign up here

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 — Deadline to comment on the repeal of the Roadless Rule.  Info here. 

Sept 19-21 — MMI Warriors Retreat on Flathead Lake. Self defense, self care, sisterhood.

Sept 20 (Sat) —  Beginning Bird Walk at Lee Metcalf Refuge.  10 am. And  many more upcoming birding trips here. 

Sept 20 — Rock Creek Fence Removal –– volunteers remove old fence that endangers wildlife. 10am-2pm, on Rock Creek Road, east of Missoula. For info & RSVP, email Johnson- Evavold  Organized by Rock Creek Protective Association

Sept 20 — Everything Electric — Clean 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 21 (Sun) — International Day of Peace. 

Sept 21-27 — Clean Air Week. Check out Home Air Quality Monitors Webinar on Sept 24, 11 am

Sept 24 (Wed) — Linking Wildlife Habitat Connectivity & local planning — by Kylie Paul of the Center for Large Landscape Conservation. noon-1:15 at Missoula Public Library 4th floor. All welcome.

Sept 24 — 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.  info/tickets .

Sept 25 — Free screening of Human Footprint: Shelf Life.  followed by Q&A with film maker Rick Smith. 6:30 pm . Bozeman Food Coop, 908 W. Main. Bozeman.

Sept 26 (Fri) — RESCHEDULED to Feb 27, 2026. Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula.

Sept 27 (Sat) — National Public Lands Day — includes 

 Petty Creek cleanup near Alberton, 9:30 am to early pm.

and planting Native Plants along the Clark Fork River  9am-noon. currently full but more space may be added.

Sept 27 — Household Hazwaste Drop Off Event — 8 am-4pm at Home Resource, 1515 Wyoming, Missoula. Info & register here. 

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, all over Missoula.

Sept 28 (Sun) — Water-wise Landscaping Workshop. Hamilton, 2-5:30 pm.

Sept 29 (Mon) — Why Nuclear Energy isn’t the energy of the near future. 5:30-7pm, Goodworks Place, 129 W. Alder,  Missoula. Speakers from MEIC and Honor the Earth.

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October 2025

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

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) – 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 4 — Apple cider making & sipping. Bring your apples (to keep bears out of trouble) to Rattlesnake Market, 2501 Rattlesnake Dr, Missoula. 1-4pm.

Oct 4   — Fall Gathering at the Moon Randolph Homestead, 5pm, Missoula North Hills.

Oct 4-5 — Bridger Raptor Festival. 10am-4pm. Bridger Bowl, 15795 Bridger Canyon Rd, Bozeman,

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 10 (Fri) — Bob Fest — Celebrate the Bob Marshall Wilderness. 6-9 pm at Flathead Fairgrounds Expo building. Music, food, raffles, mules. Info/tickets here.

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 15 — State of the Clark Fork River — Clark Fork Coalition shares stories of progress and continuing challenges & plans. 5-7pm. Missoula Public Library 4th floor. Info/RSVP

Oct 18 (Sat)  — Pumpkin Party at the PEAS Farm.  11am-3pm. 3010 Duncan Drive, Missoula

Oct 22 & 23 — Veggie Stock Up Sale at the PEAS Farm, noon-6pm. 3010 Duncan Drive, Missoula

Oct 23-24 — Montana Youth Climate Summit, Livingston. Free including meals.

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

Some Saturday Farmers Markets move indoors. Like Missoula’s Clark Fork Market now in the Badlander, 135 W. Broadway, Nov to April. See  Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .

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.

Dec 15 (Fri) — Clark Fork Coalition Holiday Party. 6-10 pm. The Wilma, Missoula

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January 2026

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 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

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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