The Conservation Calendar of Montana is maintained in partnership with the University of Montana Environmental Studies program. Updated daily. Refresh/Reload often. Email event notices here.
NOTE — Events may be canceled, postponed or offered online. Check links and contact info below for latest news. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES !!
Aug 4 (Tues) — Comments due on Grizzly Bear Advisory Council’s draft recommendations on grizzly management. Submit comments here. (https://bit.ly/3eTqiyd)
Aug 5 (Wed) — Missoula City Council Land Use & Planning Committee info meeting on proposed development on Grant Creek near I-90. Aug 5, time TBD, remote. Info here.
Aug 6 (Thurs) –– Understanding the MT Public Service Commission. online presentation. Free registration. 12:30-1pm. offered by MREA.
Aug 6 — Webinar explaining how farmers & ranchers can receive payments for ecosystem services. Free but must register here. Offered by National Center for Appropriate Technology. 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM Mountain time
Aug 8 (Sat) Bitterroot River Cleanup — info here (also 5K run — choose your own time from Aug 7-9). )
Aug 8 — AERO Cottage Food Town Hall Info & registration. 2-3:30 pm.
Aug 10 (Mon) — Missoula City Council public hearing on proposed development on Grant Creek near I-90. Aug 10 (Mon), 6pm, remote. Info here.
Aug 11 – Missoula Water Quality Advisory Council meets 7-9 pm online using this Teams link.
Aug 12 & 13 — NCAT’s online webinars Energy Efficiency Technologies & building codes– Residential (8/12) and Commercial (8/13) 10am to 3pm. Free.
Aug 12 — Online Screening of American Lung Association’s Documentary Unbreathable, commemorating the 50 year anniversary of the Clean Air Act, followed by a Montana Panel. Info on how to connect will be here.
Aug 13 — Renewable Energy & Transportation. free online presentation offered by MREA. 12:30-1pm.
Aug 13 — Virtual Hike in Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study area. Offered by MT Wilderness Association. 6-7pm. Info & Registration here.
Aug 13 ––Flathead Lakers Annual Meeting online, 7pm. Info here.
Aug 14. Comments due on Blackfoot River Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation Project’s Draft Environmental Assessment which is online here.
Aug 15 (Sat) Run for Clean Water at Flathead Lake. 5K run. Info & registration here.
Aug 19 (Wed) —Farmer Field Day — online tour of a Stevensville farm with a focus on how to extend the growing season. 5pm. Info & register here.
Aug 20 (Thurs) — Help Flathead Lake — help map Polson’s stormwater system. Morning & afternoon shifts available. Info & registration here. You will be assigned to a small group & a specific time & area to map after registering. Bring a mask.
Aug 20 — Renewable Energy & MT National Parks . free online presentation offered by MREA. 12:30-1pm.
Aug 20 — Backcountry Cooking Workshop online. Offered by MT Wilderness Association. Info & Registration here. 5:30-6:30 pm.
Aug 21 (Fri) —Monthly webinars on Ecosystem Restoration … Register for series here. … Past webinars viewable here.
Aug 23 — On Farm Floral Design Workshop–Info & register here. near Alberton.
Aug 24-28 — Water quality monitoring with Gallatin River Task Force . Info here (scroll down to the August water quality monitoring info).
Aug 27 (Thurs) Upper Galatin River Cleanup, 2-5pm. Info here.
Aug 27 — Renewable Energy & Agriculture . free online presentation offered by MREA. 12:30-1pm.
Aug 30- Sept 3-– American Fisheries Society annual meeting will be online
Sept 1 to Nov 17 — Online Master Naturalist Course–– offered by MT Natural History Center. More info and Registration here.
Sept 3 (Thurs) — What’s next for Renewable Energy in MT? . free online presentation offered by MREA. 12:30-1pm.
Sept 12 (Sat) Home Resource’s Spontaneous Construction — turn waste into art. Info & registration here. in Missoula.
Sept 14-17 — Floodplain Resource Seminar hosted by Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation. Online. Check back for details
Sept 14-18 — Montana Health & Climate Week has been postponed to spring 2021. For more info, contact Peter McDonough of UM Climate Studies
Sept 14-17 — National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference (online).
Sept 14-18 — Western Regional Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species — annual meeting online. Info here.
Sept 17– Online Montana Passenger Rail Summit — how to return passenger rail service to Montana’s southern communities.Info on the Summit here.
Sept 20 — On Farm Floral Design Workshop–Info & register here. near Alberton.
Sept 23–Flathead Basin Commission meets in Polson (hopefully). For agenda & to join the meeting, email Cassidy
Sept 23-25 — Roundtable on the Crown of the Continent, Lethbridge, Alberta. More info Fbres@shaw.ca
Sept 25-26 — Montana Faith, Science and Climate Action Conference, will be ONLINE. the FSCA website will have info as plans are finalized.
Sept 25-27 — Inland Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Clark Fork, ID
Sept 26-27 — Raptor Photography Workshop offered by MT Audubon. in the Big Belts.
Sept 27 — Deadline to comment on MT Dept of Environmental Quality’s 2020 Draft Water Quality Integrated Report & 3 new assessment methods. Documents & how to comment online are here.
Oct 1 —Missoula’s Urban Forests — Living Museum. MT Natural History Center. 7pm.
Missoula Conservation Voters annual celebration, Livingston, 5-8 pm.
Oct 6-8 — North American Invasive Species Management Association annual conference. will be virtual .
Oct 7-9 — Scientific Impacts to a Historic Landscape, AWRA Conference will be replaced with a series of mini-conference sessions online. Check back for updates.
Oct 14-16 — Montana Watershed Symposium, Theme: Summit to Stream: Connecting People, Water, and Forests. To protect public health, the symposium will be replaced with a series of online events. Information will be here.
Oct 16-17–Reimagining School Lunch–Hosted by Cultivating Connections MT.
Oct 20-22. Innovative Solutions for Evolving Restoration Science — hosted by MT Natural Resource Damage Program working to restore the upper Clark Fork River. Fairmont Hot Springs. NOTE: POSTPONED TO MAY 18-20, 2021
Oct 20-22 — Global Conference on Sustainability ONLINE Theme: Mobilizing for a Just Transition
Oct 30-Nov 1 –AERO’s 2020 Expo. Will be online. Info will be here.
November 3 (Tuesday) US Election Day — VOTE!
Vote as if the Earth & Human Society depend on it — They do.
Nov 9-10 — Soil Health Innovations Conference, MSU-Bozeman. More info, contact Vince Van Meter
Plant Conservation Conference –hope to schedule to Nov. Rescheduling info will be here.
Check back later
Check back later
Feb 9 & 10 — Montana Soil Health Symposium — Billings
Check back later
Check back later
Check back later
- Aerie Backcountry Medicine –wilderness first responder courses
- Clark Fork Coalition calendar
- 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 calendar
- Free Cycles Facebook Events
- Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument
- Friends of Two Rivers (Clark Fork & Blackfoot)
- Jeannette Rankin Peace Center Events
- Missoula meetings of boards, commissions, etc)
- Missoula Events Calendar
- Missoula Foodbank cooking classes & other events
- Missoula Redevelopment Agency Current Agenda
- Missoula Trails for Bikes (MTB) –scroll down to calendar
- Missoula Urban Demonstration Project events
- More Missoula Links:
- Neighborhood Councils; City Meetings; City Calendar; Public Hearings; Public Infrastructure Projects; Committee Schedule (Posted Mondays);
- Montana Audubon Center events
- Montana Board of Environmental Review meetings
- Montana Conservation Calendar
- Montana Events Calendar
- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks public events calendar
- Montana Natural History Center
- Montana Native Plant Society Clark Fork Chapter events
- Montana Watershed Coordination Council calendar
- National Center for Appropriate Technology MT events
- Rocky Mountaineers upcoming trips
- Sierra Club-MT Outings in Montana 2020
- Sierra Club-MT action calendar 2020, scroll down to calendar
- Sustainable Living Systems Food & Culture Lecture Series
- Sustainable Business Council of Missoula
- Teller Wildlife Refuge Events
- UM College of Forestry Seminars
- UM Events
- UM Native American Studies events
- Watershed Education Network events
- Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation events
- Women Bike Missoula Facebook events
