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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October 2026 — National Farm to School Month

Saturdays–  Farmers Markets Guide & Local Food Guide .

Sundays —  Volunteer at Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden  9-11 am. Oct 18 last one of the fall.

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

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 19 — Deadline to register for the Clark Fork River Science Forum.  on Nov 4-5 in Missoula

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 in Polson. If cannot attend in person, can listen in via Teams link. For more info, contact <madelyn.eagle@flbs.umt.edu>.   Info here

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 (Wed) — Climate Education: Empowering Youth & young adult leadership/engagement. 6pm at Carroll College, Helena. Info & zoom link.

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 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 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 23, 24 30 – Volunteer on stream restoration projects in the Bitterroot Valley — Info/signup

Oct 24 (Sat) — All Day Birding trip to Brown’s Lake.  8 am meet in Missoula to carpool. Info here. 

Oct 24 — Bioblitz at Travelers’ Rest State Park near Lolo– volunteers will be trained to use iNaturalist, Seek & Merlin Bird ID apps– then head out on trails to collect data. 1-3pm. More info. 

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 25 (Sun) — Return to the Earth : a community gathering on death care options. 10 am -2pm, Free Cycles in Missoula.  End of life care , home funerals, green burial, bike hearses. Return to the earth without harming the earth.  Info

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 28 — Public meeting on Missoula plans to ‘improve’ River Road. 5:30-7:30 at Garden City Harvest, 1657 River Road.

Oct 29 (Thur) — deadline to comment on MT DEQ’s draft Environmental Assessment of a proposed mineral exploration project near the Little Blackfoot River. Submit comments to deqmepa@mt.gov  

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

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

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 4-5 — Clark Fork River Science Forum. Missoula County Fairgrounds Exploration Center. Info.  Focus: Interpreting, protecting, restoring ecological resilience in the basin. Registration closes 10/19

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

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

Nov 6 — Celebrate the Great Burn, 5-8pm at Goodworks, 129 West Alder Street, Missoula.

Nov 13-14 — Northern Plains Resource Council’s annual meeting, Billings. Will be approving new bylaws as it converts from a 501 (c) (3) to a 501 (c) (4) and sets up a 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 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 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 17-22 –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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