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. NOTE: Click here for other community calendars.
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December 2024
Now thru May 1 2025 — Citizen scientist elk spotters needed to monitor Missoula’s Mt Jumbo herd. Info here.
Dec 14 – Jan 5 — National Audubon’s 125th Christmas Bird Count (national map of counts here ). Missoula area count is Dec 14. How to help with Missoula count here.
Dec 20 (Fri) — Star-gazing at Skylight Trailhead near Missoula with Wild Montana. Info here.
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January 2025
Jan (Sat) — Missoula’s Winter Farmers Market. Saturdays 9am to 2pm at Southgate Mall.
Jan 9-10 — Montana Organic Vegetable Expo, Missoula. Info & register HERE
Jan 13 (Mon) — Plant & Wildlife Interactions in Glacier Park. Tabitha Graves speaks at 7pm in UM’s Interdisciplinary Science building room 110. Part of Five Valleys Audubon & MT Native Plant Society’s annual joint meeting.
Jan 16 (Thurs) — Dam It: Partnering with Beavers to heal watersheds. 6pm reception; 7 pm talk by Ben Goldfarb, author. Emerson Center for the Arts, Bozeman. Free. All welcome. Register for live stream or watch recording HERE.
Jan 22 (Wed) — Climate & Health Advocacy Day in the state capitol rotunda. hosted by MT Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate. Info/register here.
Jan 22-23 — Western Montana Conservation Commission meeting. Missoula Fairgrounds (Exploration Center. Check back for agenda. For the virtual option, Register here.
Jan 24 (Fri) — Climate Advocacy Day in the state capitol rotunda. 11am to 1pm. Speakers, panels, art. Hosted by a coalition of climate action groups. Info here.
Jan 28 (Tues) — Watershed Education Network’s monthly speaker series starts. 5-7 pm in UM’s University Center. RSVP here to receive reminders & info on speakers.
Jan 30-31 — Western Montana Grazing & Agriculture Conference, Missoula Fairgrounds. Regenerative grazing, agrotourism, market gardening & more. Info/tickets
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February 2025
Feb 3-4 — MT Watershed Coordination Council annual meeting (virtual). Info will be here.
Feb 4-6 — Soil Health Symposium
Feb 11-14 — Annual meeting of Montana Chapter of American Fisheries Society. Bozeman Best Western GranTree hotel. Info here….. Submit presentation titles/abstracts here.
Feb 12 (Wed) — Grasslands: Our Least-known & Most-threatened Ecosystem. a talk by wildlife biologist Beth Madden. Free. 6:30 pm at Bozeman Public Library. Register for live stream or recording HERE.
Feb 14-23 — Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula.
Feb 15 — Running Up for Air — on Missoula’s Mt Sentinel . Fundraiser for Climate Smart Missoula
Feb 19 — Gallatin Water Science Symposium. Scientists & managers share research that informs water stewardship. 8am-6pm. Asbjornson Hall, MSU, Bozeman. Abstracts due Jan 8. More info: extensionwater@montana.edu
Feb 19 — Big Hole water quality/macroinvertebrate monitoring.
Feb 26-28 — Association of Montana Floodplain Managers annual conference — theme: a Confluence along the Clark Fork River. Missoula. Abstracts are due Dec 20, 2024
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March 2025
March 1 — 10th Free the Seeds — annual event led by Land to Hand. Columbia Falls. Seed giveaway, workshops.
March 7-9 — MT Environmental Education Association annual conference, Helena. Theme: Roots of Tomorrow.
March 11 — Regenerative Agriculture — a talk by Bob Quinn at Museum of the Rockies.
March 15 — 5 Valleys Seed Library’s Spring Seed Swap at Missoula Public Library. check back for details
March 29-30 — Natural Medicine Inclusion Summit, University of Montana.
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April 2025
APRIL IS EARTH MONTH — Earthrise by Poet Amanda Gorman….
… Funny Earth video here. .… Inspiring Earth video here.
April 7-13 — Food Waste Prevention Week. check back for details on MT events.
April 8-10 — Crown Managers Partnership Forum, NW MT. Check back for details.
April 12 — 3rd annual ‘Climate & Health in the 406’ conference. UM campus, Missoula. hosted by MT Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate .
April 19 (Sat) — Gallatin Valley Earth Day celebration. 10am-2pm, Gallatin County Fairgrounds
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May 2025
May 9 — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm. Info here.
May 14-16 — Volunteer Water Monitoring Training at Flathead Lake Biological Station. Contact rachel.malison@flbs.umt.edu
May 30-June 1 — MT Audubon’s Wings Across the Big Sky Birding Festival. Save the date.
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June 2025
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July 2025
July 17-20 — International Choral Festival, Missoula
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August 2025
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December 2025
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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
- Clark Fork Coalition calendar
- Clean Smurfit Now Coalition
- Clearwater Resource Council events | Clearwater River watershed
- Climate Smart Missoula calendar
- Conservation Calendar for Montana
- Families for a Livable Climate
- Five Valleys Audubon community calendar
- Five Valleys Land Trust volunteer events
- Flathead Lakers events calendar
- 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
- Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance events
- Great Burn Conservation Alliance stewardship project calendar June-Oct
- Home Resource Missoula events
- 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
- Missoula Events Calendar
- Missoula Foodbank events
- Missoula Redevelopment Agency Meetings & Agenda
- 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 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 Clark Fork Chapter events .. Facebook
- 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
- 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 Wildlife Biology seminars
- Watershed Education Network events
- Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation events
- Whitefish Legacy Partners
- Wild Montana Events ….. & Wilderness Walks
- Women Bike Missoula Facebook events
