Conservation Calendar

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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July 2026
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October 2026
November 2026
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February 2027
March 2027

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July 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.

Tuesdays — Missoula Parks Chats. 4:30-6:30 pm (dates, locations here) — share your ideas for the parks.

Thursdays — Volunteer at Rocky Mountain Gardens by Missoula Fairgrounds. 10 am to noon.

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 8 — Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority Board meeting. 11am-12:30 pm. Agenda & Zoom link

July 8: Master Naturalist Club — Visit cool sites near Missoula on 2nd Wednesdays of the month. Usually  2-4 p.m. but JULY EVENT IS 1-5:30 pm at  DeVoto Cedar Grove

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 9 — Missoula County Commissioners hold public hearing on interim zoning for data centers. 2pm. Missoula County Courthouse annex. or to join via TEAMS, go to this web site & scroll down to July 9.

July 10 (Fri) — 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 10 — Flathead River Fest. 5-9pm at Marantette Park in Columbia Falls. Flathead Rivers Alliance & American Rivers invite you to celebrate 50th anniversary of Flathead Wild  & Scenic River designation. Music, food/drink, activities.

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 — Canyon Creek , west of Hamilton.  Info/ register here

July 14: Birding Extravaganza at Fort Missoula Garden and River. 9 – 11 am

July 16 (Thurs) — Flathead Lake Biostation Lake Cruise .   5-7pm.

July 16 — Building Resilience by Design in Montana. Short course offered at UM. All welcome. 8:30am-1pm. UM’s University Center 32 Campus Drive, 3rd floor. Tickets/Register here.

July 16 — The Plastic Within (impacts on human health). 6 – 8:30 pm. Hope Lutheran Church, Bozeman

July 18 (Sat) — Help collect native seeds for Missoula Conservation Lands. 9am- noon.  Sign up here.

July 19 (Sun) — Bob Marshall Wilderness Volunteer Adventure at Tunnel Creek 

July 21-22 — Bob Marshall Wilderness Monture Trailhead Stewardship

July 22 — (Wed) — Native Grass Identification class . 6 – 8 pm. Exploration Center, Missoula Fairgrounds, 1075 South Avenue West.  $10 ticket here.

July 22 — River Recreation Management in the Missoula Valley. 6-8pm, downtown Missoula. Info/register

July 23 (Thurs) — OneGreenThing Forum. Climate, Conservation & Wellbeing. 10am – 6pm. Emerson Center for Arts & Culture, Bozeman.

July 23 — Native Seed Collecting Workshop offered by MT DNRC Nursery, Missoula. 5:30 – 6:30 pm.. Info/RSVP. 

July 25 (Sat) — 23rd Annual Blackfoot River Cleanup. Come float, fish, feast — & pick up trash. Kicks off at 8 am at Johnsrud Park ((on HWY 200, 15 miles east of Missoula). Free lunch for cleanup volunteers from 11 am to 4pm. More info, contact Blackfoot Home & Community Club‘s Katie.t.oreilly@gmail.com

July 25 — 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 28: 20 Native Plants for Food, Medicine, and More, 9-11 am at Ft Missoula Native Garden

July 30 (Thur)– MT Native History Center Open House and Membership Drive! 6-8pm in Missoula

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

July 31 -Aug 2 — IndigiPalooza in Missoula. Celebration of Indigenous Pride & Power.

Aug 1 (Sat) —Volunteer work day with Wild Montana in Selway-Bitterroot Wildlerness (cleaning up fire rings & trash near lakes). Info/sign up here 

August 2 (Sun) — Hands on Gardening with Robin Wall Kimmerer, 9am-1pm at Native Plant Garden at Fort Missoula.  Free but registration required

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 8 — Bitterroot River Cleanup — please sign up here.for a specific area.

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 20 to Oct 17 — Master Naturalist Course offered in Hope Lutheran Church, Bozeman. Tues & Thurs at 5:30 pm.  (some Saturday field trips).

Aug 25-27 — Greater NW Rail Summit & Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority conference. Helena. Info/Register here.

Aug 27 — Beaver-Human Coexistence: Wildlife Speaker Series 6:30-8pm. Gallatin Conservation District, Manhattan MT

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September 2026

Sept 5 (Sat) — MUD’s annual Garden Party. 6-9 pm. 1527 Wyoming, Missoula

Sept 11 (Fri) — Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5 pm . Info here.

Sept 12 (Sat) — River Rooted –– a celebration of the Bitterroot River. 4-7:30 pm. Hamilton River Park.

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.

Oct 16 — Montana Natural History Center Fall Banquet & Auction 5-9 pm, UM’s University Center Ballroom.

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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