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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December 2025
Saturday Farmers Markets including Missoula’s Clark Fork Market at Badlander, 208 Ryman, Now to April 4, 9am-1pm. And Bozeman’s Winter Farmers Market, 9am to noon at Gallatin County Fairgrounds. Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .
Fridays — Open Woodshop at Home Resource, Missoula. Info/Register
Dec 10-13– many Wild Montana chapters have their annual meeting. Info here.
Dec 12 (Fri) — Five Valleys Land Trust’s Flint Creek Winter Gathering. 4-5:30pm, Philipsburg Opera House. RSVP to sophie@fvlt.org
Dec 12 — Climate Smart Missoula’s Holiday Party & 10 year celebration. 5-8pm at Goodworks Place (129 W. Alder, Missoula). RSVP.
Dec 12 — Clark Fork Coalition Holiday Party. 6-10 pm. The Wilma , 131 S. Higgins. Missoula
Dec 13 (Sat)–Sustainable Gift Making Bazaar at MUD Missoula Urban Demo Project. 11am-1pm & 1:30-3:30 pm. Info here (must scroll down to that event)
Dec 13 — Mutual Aid Holiday Market, 11 am-3:30pm at Free Cycles,732 S. 1st St. W., Missoula. Free/low cost gifts collected from the community; benefits local groups, reduces waste. Info.
Dec 13 – Free Cycles Forever campaign — benefit concert & raffle . Doors at 6:30 pm, Music 7-10 pm. 732 S. 1st St. W., Missoula.
Dec 14 (Sun) — Missoula Christmas Bird Count. if interested in helping, email Larry
Dec 14 – due date for Missoula River Corridor Plan Survey – link to plan & survey here
Dec 14 — Families for a Livable Climate End of Year Party. 5-8pm at Free Cycles, 732 S. 1st W, Missoula. RSVP here.
Dec 15 — Landscape Design –Riparian-Aquatic-Wetlands — last of the weekly virtual workshop series offered by Crown Managers Partnership. 9am-noon each day. Sharing knowledge to create landscape scale conservation strategies. More info here.…. RSVP here….. zoom link.
Dec 16 (Tues) — Montana Beaver Working Group virtual meeting with presentations on recent & future projects. 9-11 am. Zoom link.
Dec 16 — Center for Large Landscape Conservation Holiday Party. 5-8pm at 225 1/2 W. Broadway, Missoula.
Dec 16 — Botanical Expeditions in Glacier National Park, 1909 -10. Pictures from that time as UM’s first biology professor walked the park. 7 pm on Zoom. Register here for zoom link.
Dec 17 (Wed) — Deadline to submit comments on several Butte area projects proposed by MT Natural Resource Damage Program. Info on projects here. A recording of MT NRDP presentation of the projects will be here.
Dec 17 — Home Resource’s Lunch & Learn features Climate Smart Missoula sharing how to find joy in climate action. noon-1pm at 1515 Wyoming, Missoula Free lunch to those who RSVP.
Dec 18 (Thur) — Restoration of Prairie Streams. webinar featuring Niall Clancy, Salish Kootenai College and Aaron Clausen & Jonathan Proctor, World Wildlife Fund. 2-3:30 pm. Zoom link here
Dec 18 – MT Native Plant Society Holiday potluck, 6:30 pm, Del Brown room, Turner Hall, UM. bring your own dishes and eating utensils.
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January 2026
Saturday Farmers Markets: Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .J
Jan 5 (Mon) — Deadline to comment on EPA & Army Corps proposed re-definition of the Waters of the US (WOTUS). For the pre-proposal, see: Updated Definition of “Waters of the United States” Proposed Rule
– For more info & to submit comments, see: Public Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement Activities
Jan 8 (Thur)– Data Centers in Great Falls? Haute Hive in Great Falls. Time TBD. check back for details.
Jan 12 (Mon) — Native Seed Sale at MT Conservation Seedling Nursery in Missoula. 8am
Jan 12 — How woodpeckers shape forests and support forest health (with hole homes). 7pm at UM’s Interdisciplinary Science Building (room 110). or watch on zoom. MT Native Plant Society & 5 Valleys Audubon welcome all.
Jan 14 (Wed) — Tribute to Ted Turner’s Conservation Efforts at Emerson Center for the Arts, Bozeman. 6pm reception; 7pm tribute. Check back for more info.
Jan 21 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge
Jan 24 (Sat) — Trout Unlimited Westslope Chapter annual banquet. UM’s University Center Ballroom. 5:30-9 pm
Jan 27 (Tues) — Aquatic invasive species (AIS) of Montana –– a talk by Russ Hartzell, MT DNRC AIS coordinator . 7 pm. Check back for location in Missoula. Open to all. Hosted by Watershed Education Network. For more info, email Stephie
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February 2026
Feb 6 (Fri) — Household Haz Waste drop off at Home Resource. . Info here
Feb 7 (Sat) — Running up for Air — Run & FUNdraiser for Climate Smart Missoula. Run up Mount Sentinel at the UM campus. Various time & donation options. Info here.
Feb 9 (Mon) — Deadline to comment on MT DEQ’s draft Montana Nonpoint Source Management Plan. designed to protect water quality from nonpoint sources of pollution. More info here.
Feb 10-13 — Montana Chapter of American Fisheries Society annual meeting. Fairmont Hot Springs . For more info, contact Eileen Ryce at ryceeileen1@gmail.com; 406-980-1260. Titles due Dec 1; Abstracts due Jan 15. Submit here.
Feb 13-23 — Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula
Feb 24-27 — Association of Montana Floodplain Managers annual conference, Great Falls. Info
Feb 27 (Fri) — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm . Info here.
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March 2026
March 7 (Sat) — Free the Seeds –– Land to Hand will be giving away seeds at Flathead Valley Community College.
March 18 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge
March 20-22 — Montana Environmental Education Association annual meeting, Missoula
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April 2026
Events coming soon.
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May 2026
Saturdays– Outdoor Farmers Markets restart. See Farmers Market Guide & Local Food Guide .
May 20 (Wed) — Upper Clark Fork Streamflow Working Group meets. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Powell Community Center, Deer Lodge
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June 2026
June 26-28 — MT Native Plant Society Annual Meeting, Homestake Lodge along the Continental Divide just east of Butte.
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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
Events coming soon.
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September 2026
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
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
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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 … 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’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
