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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January 2027
February 2027
March 2027
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June 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. Register on Home ReSource events page.
Thursdays — Volunteer at Rocky Mountain Gardens by Missoula Fairgrounds. 10 am to noon.
Now to June 8 — 5 Valley’s Audubon’s Birdathon fundraiser. participate as individuals, teams or supporters.
Now to June 8 — submit comments on MT DEQ’s updating of Circular DEQ-7 (human health water standards)
Now to June 10 — submit comments on Montana DEQ’s Water Quality Standards review.
June 7-13 — Get Wildfire Smoke Ready Week. .. Find Climate Smart tabling midday at Missoula public library M-Th & at Saturday farmers markets.
June 8 (Mon) — public hearing on MT DEQ’s updating of Circular DEQ-7 (including human health water standards for cyanide, lead, pesticides, etc). 11 am. In person at 2401 Colonial Dr, Helena, and via ZOOM.
June 9 (Tues) — Hike Cabinet Mountain Ridge with Wild Montana. 8am. Info/signup here.
June 9 — Hike the House of Sky Trail above Missoula’s Pattee Canyon. 11am-3pm. Info/RSVP.
June 9 — Governor’s Drought & Water Supply Advisory Committee meets 9:30 am at DNRC HQ MT room, 1539 11th Ave, Helena. Public welcome. Also via Zoom. … Info & agenda here.
June 9 — Who owns Montana’s Future? — panel hosted by Protect Our Winters — analyzes NorthWestern Energy’s 20 year plan. Goodworks, 129 W. Alder, Missoula. Doors at 5:30 pm, Panel at 6pm.
June 9 — Community Forum on preparing for fire season. 6 – 7:45pm — simulcast live from Flathead community college in Kalispell and Missoula Public Library. Locations & zoom link here.
June 10 (Wed) — public hearing on Montana Water Quality Standards review. 10:30 am. In person at 2401 Colonial Dr, Helena, and via Zoom.
June 10 — Montana Rural Summit, Townsend. Full house– registration closed.
June 10 — webinar on the Rights of Nature. 10 am. Info/sign up here.
June 10 — Trustland Farm Field Day, Missoula. Learn about growing organic veggies on an urban farm. 2-6 pm. Register here
June 10 — Organizing around the proposed data center in Bonner. 6pm; Kettlehouse Taproom in Bonner.
June 10, 16, 24 — Birding classes in Bozeman. 5:30-7:30 pm. REGISTER HERE Plus field trips on other dates.
June 11 (Thur) — Field Day on Vilicus Farms—building farm resilience with pollinator habitat. 8:30 to 1pm. Lunch provided. Rd 395 N and Rd 260 N, Havre. Info
June 11 — Missoula County Commissioners hold hearing on requests to lower fees for small-scale floodplain development projects. 2pm at Missoula County Courthouse and via Microsoft Teams online
June 11 — webinar on Northwestern Energy’s 20 year plan. how to prepare to submit comments by July 28. 4:30-5:30 pm. More info & zoom link here.
June 11, 16,18, 23, 30 — Living Classroom , Missoula– hands-on learning on creating permaculture urban homesteads. 5-7 pm. Info/RSVP .
June 12 (Fri) — MT Fish & Wildlife Commission meets. Helena & via Zoom. Info here.
June 12 — Alger Ranch Tour organized by MT Organic Association. 10am-3pm, 7617 Eleva tor Road, Stanford. Info here.
June 12 –– Hike North fork Blackfoot with Wild Montana. 10 am, near Condon. Info
June 12 — Using Biochar in your garden. 5:30-8pm at Missoula’s Rocky Mountain Gardens by Fairgrounds.
June 12-14 — MT Audubon’s Wings Across the Big Sky Birding Festival. Kalispell. Over 30 field trips! Info here.
June 13 (Sat) — Glen Lake Trail Maintenance Day with Wild MT. Bitterroot Valley, near Victor. 9 am. Info/signup
June 13 & 20 — Boat building workshop. 9am-2pm, MUD, 1527 Wyoming, Missoula. Register here (scroll down at that website).
June 13-14 — Bugs & Bikes –– Citizen Science on Vilicus Farms (world’s largest Bee Better Certified farm), Havre MT. Bike around the farm, learn to identify bugs & plants they need. Info/tickets –buy by 6/4
June 13-14 –Wild Montana volunteer events, Bitterroot Valley 6/13 trail work & 6/14 highway cleanup
June 14 (Sun) — Tour de Farms by bike. Hamilton area. Info/register here.
June 14 — Sacajawea Audubon leads field trip to Bridger Foothills. 6:45 AM to noon. Info/RSVP
June 14 — Lolo Pass Highway Cleanup with Wild Montana. 1pm. Info/signup
June 14 — 2nd planning session on proposed data center in Bonner. For info, contact mr406place@gmail.com
June 15 (Mon) — Wilderness walk on Lake Mountain with Wild MT. 8:30 am near Ovando. info/signup
June 15 — Lolo Watershed Drought Management Plan Public Meeting. 5:30 pm, Travelers Rest State Park (6717 HWY 12, Lolo). Info/RSVP
June 15-17 — Bob Marshall Volunteer adventure at Geifer Creek
June 16 (Tues) — Tour of Clark Fork River superfund remediation/restoration sites. 1-4pm (with BBQ to follow). meet at Deer Lodge’s Arrowstone Park to ride in vans to the sites.
June 17 (Wed) –– Flathead Lakers Annual Meeting. 5-8 pm, Barn at Finley Point.
June 17 — Montana Range Tour (scroll down). Gold Creek. Register by 6/2
June 18 (Thur) — Help replant Westlake Park in Bozeman. 1 to 4pm.
June 18 — Trust Land Farm field day. Growing organic veggies on an urban farm. 2-6pm. Tower St. Missoula. Register here.
June 18 — Community conversation on Quantica data center. Broadview Community Center. 6pm. Learn more here.
June 19-20 — River Rescue Course offered by Flathead Rivers Alliance & Great Northern Whitewater, West Glacier, MT. Sign up here by June 1
June 19-21 — Old Salt Festival –– celebration of food, sustainable ag & music. Helmville. info
June 20 (Sat) — Beginner Bird Walk at Lee Metcalf wildlife refuge. Meet at visitor’s center at 10 am.
June 23 (Tues) — Tour the Jocko River restoration project. 10 am – 2 pm. Info/RSVP
June 23 — Help collect native seeds to plant on Missoula Conservation Lands. 1-4pm. Info/sign up here
June 23 — Farm Dinner Fundraiser for Land to Hand. Whitefish. 5:30-9pm. Info here.
June 23 — take a Riparian Walk with Gallatin Watershed Council — along Lower Mandeville Creek. 6:30-8pm. Info/signup
June 23 — Free screening of Little Things that Run the World (by High Plains Films). 7:30 pm, Roxy Theater, 718 South Higgins, Missoula. Info/Reserve your seat here.
June 23-24 — Columbia River Basin Team meeting on Aquatic Invasive Species, Missoula.
June 25 — Help with weeding & fence removal at stream restoration site at Skalkaho Bend Park. Hamilton. 3:30-6:30 pm. Then we party ! Info/sign up
June 26 (Fri) — Learn about rotational grazing & weed management with MT Farmers Union & Ravalli County. 7B Farmstead near Victor. 9:30 am to noon. RSVP by June 19 — email Grace
June 26-28 — MT Native Plant Society Annual Rendezvous, Homestake Lodge along the Continental Divide just east of Butte. Theme: Botany on the Batholith. Deadline to register is June 10.
June 27 (Sat) — Montana Herbal Festival –– Medicinal Plants regenerating the land. Orion Farmstead, Ovando.
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July 2026
July 1 (Wed) — Missoula Land Use Board hearing on the Bonner Data Center project has been POSTPONED. Info will be here when new date set and how to attend remotely.
July 7 (Tues) — Tour CSK Tribes native plants greenhouses. Ronan. 10 – 11 am. Info/RSVP
July 7-12 — Bob Marshall Wilderness Volunteer Adventure at Crimson Peak
July 8 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge. Followed in the afternoon by tour of some stream restoration work on Spotted Dog creek.
July 9 (Thur) — Quinn Institute Field Day. 10 am – 3pm . 1255 Kamut Lane, Big Sandy. Free RSVP for lunch
July 10 — Lolo Watershed Group offer free Fly Fishing Day for kids. 10 am to 12:30 pm at Travelers Rest State Park near Lolo. Info/RSVP.
July 11 (Sat) — Bird walk in Missoula with 5 Valleys Audubon. 8-10 pm. meet on bike path by the skate park in McCormick Park.
July 16 (Thurs) — Flathead Lake Biostation Lake Cruise . 5-7pm.
July 19 — Bob Marshall Wilderness Volunteer Adventure at Tunnel Creek
July 19 — Bob Marshall Wilderness Monture Trailhead Stewardship
July 23 (Thurs) — Native Seed Collecting Workshop offered by MT DNRC Nursery, Missoula. 5:30 – 6:30 pm.. Info/RSVP.
July 25 (Sat) — Raspberry Jam at ThunderRoad Farm near Arlee. check back for details.
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August 2026
August 6 (Thurs) — Flathead Lakers’ Summer Soiree (FUNdraiser), Flathead Forever in Big Arm.
Aug 7 (Fri) — Flathead Lake Biostation Open House. 11am-3pm.
Aug 7 — Hoodoo Pass volunteer weed pull, kiosk installation, followed by hike. 11 am – 4pm. Info/RSVP.
Aug 8 (Sat) — Flathead Waters Annual Cleanup. Info.
Aug 13 (Thur) — PEAS Farm Party. Missoula. Check back for info.
Aug 14 (Fri) — MUD (Missoula Urban Demo) Project Sustainability Fair at Missoula’s Ogren Park at Allegiance Field (where the Paddleheads play).
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September 2026
Sept 11 (Fri) — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm . Info here.
Sept 14-16 — Local Food Summit, Hardin, MT . Info/signup here.
Sept 14-18 — Watershed Tour — Responsible Practices to Protect Water Quality. Offered by MT Watershed Coordination Council . Info/register. Includes Butte, Hamilton, Missoula, Kalispell, Flathead
Sept 16 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group BBQ, meeting, tour. 2pm to 8pm. Check back to confirm place & time.
Sept 26- Oct 4 — Climate Solutions Week. Start with Climate FEST, Sept 26, 10am-2p. in Missoula’s Caras Park. info here.
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October 2026
Oct 3 (Sat) — Home Resource’s Zero Waste Awards. Missoula. check back for info.
Oct 7 (Wed) — American Water Resources Assn — MT Chapter annual meeting in Billings.
Oct 13-16 — Wild Trout Symposium XIV — Managing Wild Trout in a Changing Environment. West Yellowstone. American Fisheries Society — Western Division.
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 stewardship. Info/questions: janelle.groff@flbs.umt.edu
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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 18 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge
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December 2026
Dec 8-10 — Montana Organic Association annual conference. Great Falls.
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January 2027
Jan 11 — DNRC Conservation Nursery Seed sale starts
Jan 19 — DNRC Conservation Nursery Seedling sale starts
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February 2027
Events coming soon.
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March 2027
Events coming soon.
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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 and volunteer page
- Missoula Events Calendar
- Missoula Foodbank events
- Missoula Redevelopment Agency Meetings & Agenda
- Missoula’s Reserve Street — Let’s Improve it.
- Missoula Resists — scroll down at that site to 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.
- 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 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
