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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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.
June 23 (Tues) — Tour the Jocko River restoration project. 10 am – 2 pm. Info/RSVP
June 23 — Free Tour of Montana Arboretum (UM campus) with a focus on Ethnobotany (indigenous use of plants). Tour led by Rosalyn LaPier, UM professor emeritus. 5:30 -7pm. Meet at the Root interpretive Center (between Main Hall & Natural Science).
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 — Pollinator Week screening of Little Things that Run the World . 7 pm, Roxy Theater, 718 South Higgins, Missoula. Info/tickets here.
June 23-24 — Columbia River Basin Team meeting on Aquatic Invasive Species, Missoula.
June 23, 30 — Living Classroom , Missoula– hands-on learning on creating permaculture urban homesteads. 5-7 pm. Info/RSVP .
June 24 — Birding class in Bozeman. 5:30-7:30 pm. REGISTER HERE Plus field trips on other dates.
June 25 (Thurs) — Coalition to Stop Radioactive Pollution launches Protect Better Campaign (webinar)– expert briefing on the gutting of radiation standards & what can be done. noon to 1:30 pm. Register here for ZOOM link.
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) — Bird Banding at the confluence of Rock Creek & Clark Fork River. all welcome. 7:30 or 9am. Info here.
June 26 — 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. Info/tickets here.
June 30 (Tues) — Volunteer Day at Missoula’s Moon-Randolph Homestead — fence repair & removal (& admire the baby pigs). 9am to noon. Info/signup here.
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July 2026
Tuesdays — Missoula Parks Chats. 4:30-6:30 pm (dates, locations here) — share your ideas for the parks.
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 9 (Thurs) — Smart ways to support the causes you believe in! Presentations on charitable giving, followed by Q & A. at Missoula Public Library (Blackfoot Communications Room). Noon -1 pm. Lunch provided if you RSVP to minette@fvlt.org
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 11 — Trail maintenance volunteer day with Wild Montana (either on Glen Lake or Canyon Creek trail). Info/ register here
July 16 (Thurs) — Flathead Lake Biostation Lake Cruise . 5-7pm.
July 19 (Sun) — Bob Marshall Wilderness Volunteer Adventure at Tunnel Creek
July 21-22 — 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. 6-9:30 pm. Raspberry picking, guitar picking, & a farm-to-table dinner in the beautiful Jocko Valley. Info here
July 30 — Earth Overshoot Day — the day human use of earth’s renewable resources exceeds the annual supply, and we start using up Earth’s Principal instead of living on Earth’s Interest. Explore Footprint Network’s report and press release for additional context and insights.
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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).
Aug 25-27 — Greater NW Rail Summit & Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority conference. Helena. Info/Register here.
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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 15 — Missoula Parks Chat at Kiwanis Park , 4:30-6:30 pm (info here) — share your ideas.
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 3 — Helena Sun Run — FUNdraiser for a solar array for Smith School — the Solar Sabertooths! Packet pick up at 9am and various runs starting at 10 am. info/registation/sponsorships here
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
