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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August 2026
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November 2026
December 2026
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February 2026
Native Seed Sale & Seedling Sale continue at MT Conservation Nursery , Missoula. while supplies last. Order online ASAP;
Saturday Farmers Markets: Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .
Fridays — Open Woodshop at Home Resource, Missoula. Info/Register
Feb Fridays — Help clean/package native seeds at Missoula’s Rocky Mountain Gardens, 1-3pm.
Feb — Backcountry Film Festival tours Montana: 2-12 Big Sky, 2-13 Bozeman, 2-19 Butte, 2-22 Helena, 2-27 Great Falls. Info/tickets
Now to March 12 — Submit comments on Northwestern Energy’s 20 year plan by emailing to IRP@northwestern.com . NWE info on plan. .. MEIC info on plan… MEIC webinar on plan here.
Feb 5 — The START Treaty Expired !— last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the US & Russia. info on action you can take.
Feb 13-22 — Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, downtown Missoula.
Feb 17 (Tues) — Whitebark Pine Ecology, Conservation & Restoration webinar. 7pm. Register here for zoom link. MT Native Plant Society welcomes all.
Feb 18 (Wed) — Using ecology to manage weeds on MT farms. noon in MSU’s Byker Auditorium and via Webex link.
Feb 18 — Uptake of heavy metals by birds in Warm Springs Ponds (part of Clark Fork superfund site). 4-5pm. MT Tech Chem/Bio building 102 or online via TEAMS
Feb 19-28 — Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Helena. In person Feb 19-23; online Feb 19-28.
Feb 23 (Mon) –Guide to Local Sustainable Food Systems (PEAS farm) — panel interacts with audience discussing what we have & what could be. 5pm at UM’s Honors College. All welcome.
Feb 23 — Rattlesnake Valley Bears — a year in review by Jamie Jonkel FWP bear biologist. 5:30-7:15 pm, Missoula Public Library, 4th floor.
Feb 23 — last session of Better Together: Wellness Series for Farmers & Ranchers — free program to support those working the land. in Missoula. Info/register here.
Feb 23 — comments due on DEIS of North Plains Connector Project (large transmission lines connecting western grid to eastern states). Info here.
Feb 24 (Tues) — Hidden Path of water in Missoula. Marie Nelson of Missoula Stormwater district. 5 to 7 pm at UM’s Native American Center rm 103, Missoula. Open to all. Hosted by Watershed Education Network. RSVP/zoom link here. For more info, email Stephie
Feb 24 — Clark Fork Coalition gives updates on Superfund, Smurfit, Sheep Creek & more. to all you WaterWatchDogs. 6-7:30 pm at Missoula’s Confluence Center. Info & RSVP here. Space is limited.
Feb 24-27 — Association of Montana Floodplain Managers annual conference, Great Falls. Info
Feb 25 (Wed) — Advancing Nature-based Restoration thru Economics Part 1, webinar 2-3pm. Info/signup …. Part 2 is March 18.
Feb 25 — Rooted at the Edge –– a book reading with Donna Erickson at the historic LaLonde Ranch near the Missoula Airport. 6pm. Info/register here.
Feb 28 (Sat) — Don’t Toss It — Fixit ! at Home Resource Fixit Clinic 11am-2pm, 129 S. 4th St W. , Missoula. Note: not the usual place.
Feb 28 — Bee Positive Missoula offers Bee Hotel workshop at Free Cycles, 1-3pm. RSVP here.
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March 2026
Now to March 12 — Submit comments on Northwestern Energy’s 20 year plan by emailing to IRP@northwestern.com . NWE info on plan. .. MEIC info on plan… MEIC webinar on plan here.
March 2 (Mon) — Wild Montana’s Volunteer Trail Crew projects available for sign up. Enjoy & help care for beautiful places.
March 3 (Tues) — Info session on Smurfit Stone Superfund site near Frenchtown. features Community Advisory Group & other stakeholders. Hosted by MontPIRG. 6-8pm at UM’s University Center 225. All welcome.
March 3 & 6 – FISH WEEK in the Bitterroot Valley. Community Conversation on Restoring & protecting the river (Corvallis) and International Fly-Fishing Film Festival (Hamilton). Info/RSVP/tickets here.
March 5 (Thurs) — Great Burn Conservation Alliance Volunteer Launch Party at Great Burn Brewing in Missoula. 5-8pm. Will share the 2026 volunteer opportunities.
March 5 — Friends of Scotchman Peaks wilderness get together to welcome new leadership team and share info on summer programs & progress on wilderness designation. 5-8pm Goodworks, 129 W. Alder, Missoula. All welcome.
March 6 (Fri) — Earth Within Girls International Women’s Day Fundraiser will be a 1970’s Flower Power Dance Party with Silent Auction & Seed Bomb activity at Free Cycles in Missoula. Tickets.
March 6-7 — Catalyst Montana’s Policy Leadership Institute, Helena. Info/agenda/registration Learn skills/knowledge needed to have a positive impact on your community.
March 7 (Sat) — Free the Seeds –– Land to Hand gives away seeds at Flathead Valley Community College. 9am – 3pm in Arts & Technology building.
March 7 — Bee Positive Missoula offers Bee Hotel workshop at Free Cycles, 1-3pm. RSVP here.
March 7 — Climate and Health in the 406 conference. MSU-Bozeman. Hosted by MT Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate.
March 7 — International Fly Fishing Film Festival. Bedford Building, Hamilton. Info/tickets here
March 9 (Mon) — Science Communication –– chemical recycling of plastic that all can understand. 4-5pm at UM’s Gilkey Auditorium. Info/RSVP
March 10 (Tues) — Climate Action Potluck –– 5:30-7pm, Missoula Public Library 4th floor.
March 10 — Wilderness Speaker Series –– 3 Forks of the Flathead — Fish, Flow, Future. 7-8:15 pm at Flathead Valley Community College. Info here.
March 11 – April 3 — Mountain Film tours MT. Helena Mar 11; Whitefish Mar 12, Choteau Mar 13, Missoula Mar 22; Big Fork Apr 3. Info here.
March 13 (Fri) — Help plant willows along Cameron Creek near Sula 9:30am-1pm. Info/signup here.
March 14 (Sat)– 5 Valleys Audubon leads birding walk at Council Grove State Park west of Missoula . 8am. Info here.
March 14 — Five Valleys Seed Library Seed Swap. 10am to 2pm. Exploration Center at Missoula Fairgrounds.
March 14 – Year-Long online program in Herbal Medicine Foundations starts. Offered by Green Path Herb School of Missoula. Info here. Part can be taken in-person for those in or near Missoula.
March 18 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge
March 18 — Advancing Nature-based Restoration thru Communication webinar, 2-3pm. Info/signup here.
March 20-22 — Montana Environmental Education Association annual meeting, Missoula. Keynote speaker is Mariah Gladstone founder of Indigikitchen,
March 21 (Sat) — TEDx event at UM-Western — Building Resilience in Rural Communities Conference features many speakers sharing ideas on critical thinking, collaboration & resilience. Schedule.
March 22 (Sun) — Bluebird ecology & how to avoid killing them with improperly built houses. 2-3:30 pm, Missoula Public Library, 4th floor.
March 23 (Mon) — Screening of One in 500 –climate crises in Montana. 6:30 pm, Art House Cinema, 109 N. 30th St, Bozeman. Info: 406-671-5824
March 24 (Tues) — Seed Starting 101 , 6-8 pm at Missoula’s Rocky Mountain Gardens (Fairgrounds).
March 27-29 — Leadership training offered by Wild Montana, Billings. Info/registration
March 28 (Sat)– Third No Kings March. check back for link to local info.
March 30 (Mon) — Restoration of Grant Creek –– Lily Haines, Clark Fork Coalition. 5 to 7 pm at UM’s Native American Center rm 105, Missoula. Open to all. Hosted by Watershed Education Network. RSVP/zoom link here. For more info, email Stephie
March 30 — MT Science Fair at UM’s Adams Center.
March 31 (Tues) — Mission Matchup–Volunteer Expo, 5:30-7:30 pm at Missoula Fairgrounds.
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April 2026
April 1 (Wed) — Global Change Impacts to terrestrial carbon & nitrogen cycling. Justin Gay, UM Forestry. 4 pm. in UM’s Interdisciplinary Science Building, room 110. and via zoom
April 10-12 — Leadership training offered by Wild Montana, Kalispell. Info/registration
April 13-14 — Montana Beaver Working Group annual meeting. Lewistown. Contact: Shelby Weigand (weigands@nwf.org)
April 14 (Tues) — Democracy Summit at UM. 8:30am – 5 pm. Theme: from isolation to social connection.
April 14 — Wilderness Speaker Series –– What’s happening to Elk in Flathead’s S. fork? . 7-8:15 pm at Flathead Valley Community College. Info here.
April 14-15 — Native Plant Conservation Conference at University of Montana. Topics: ‘Fire as a tool’ and ‘species of concern’. In person and online. Attend in-person or via zoom. Info & register here.
April 18 (Sat) — Clark Fork River annual litter cleanup, organized by Clark Fork Coalition.
April 18 — Water Dance Day — check back for local info.
April 18-23 — International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula (Roxy Theater & UM). WildWalk & WildFest kick off the festival on April 18.
April 21 (Tues) — Earth Week Sustainability Fair at UM. 11:30 – 2pm. Check back for details.
April 22 (Wed) — Earth Day — 2026 theme: Our Power; Our Planet
April 23 (Thurs) — Gallatin Valley Earth Day hosts film showing at 7pm; reception/silent auction at 6pm. Emerson Center for Arts & Culture, Bozeman.
April 20-24 — Climate Week at MSU. Free and open to the public
April 25 (Sat) — Gallatin Valley Earth Day Festival (10am-2pmm) & 5K Fun Run (9am) at Gallatin County Fairgrounds.
April 25 — Missoula Phlox Fest . 10am-2pm at Rocky Mountain Gardens, 1075 S. Ave. W. Free & family friendly. Music, food, plant sales, info on the Garden City’s history & future of gardens.
April 25 — University of Montana Big Service Event here
April 28 (Tues) — Authors of Saving the Big Sky share the story of this book at 4pm in Forestry 106. All welcome
April 28 — Citizen Science in our streams. 5 to 7 pm at UM’s Native American Center rm 103, Missoula. Open to all. Hosted by Watershed Education Network. RSVP/zoom link here. For more info, email Stephie
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May 2026
Saturdays– Outdoor Farmers Markets restart. See Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .
May 2 (Sat) — DIY Apple Tree Grafting, 10am- noon at Missoula Rocky Mountain Gardens (Fairgrounds).
May 2 — Five Valleys Land Trust Banquet & Auction. 5-9:30 pm at UM’s Adams Center, Missoula.
May 13 (Wed) — End of Semester Thrift Sale at UM. 9am – 2pm. Schreiber Gym. Students donate items they no longer need; you get a great deal, and less waste to the landfill.
May 14 (Thurs) — Spring Potluck of Native Plant Society–Clark Fork Chapter. 6:30 pm at Pineview Park Pavilion in Missoula. Bring your own utensils & a dish to share. No alcohol.
May 20 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge
May 29 (Fri) — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm . Info here.
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June 2026
June 12-14 — MT Audubon’s Wings Across the Big Sky Birding Festival. Kalispell. Info here.
June 18 (Thurs) — Flathead Lakers Annual Meeting. 5-7:30 pm, Barn at Finley Point.
June 26-28 — MT Native Plant Society Annual Rendezvous, Homestake Lodge along the Continental Divide just east of Butte. Theme: Botany on the Batholith.
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July 2026
July 15 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge
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August 2026
August 6 (Thurs) — Flathead Lakers’ Summer Soiree (FUNdraiser), Flathead Forever in Big Arm.
Aug 8 (Sat) — Flathead Waters Annual Cleanup. Info.
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September 2026
Sept 14-18 — Watershed Tour — Responsible Practices to Protect Water Quality. Offered by MT Watershed Coordination Council . Check back for details.
Sept 16 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group BBQ, meeting, tour. 2pm to 8pm. Check back to confirm place & time.
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October 2026
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 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
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
- 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 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
- Gallatin Watershed Council events
- Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance 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 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 Folk School classes & outings
- Montana Institute on Ecosystems … Seminars spring 2026
- Montana Natural History Center (Missoula)
- MT Native Plant Society events
- MT Native Plant Society’s 2024 Field Trip schedule.
- MT Native Plant Society’s 2025 field Trip Schedule
- 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
- 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
- Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation events
- Whitefish Legacy Partners
- Wild Montana Events ….. & Wilderness Walks
- Women Bike Missoula Facebook events
