Conservation Calendar

The MT Conservation Calendar is maintained in partnership with the University of Montana Environmental Studies program. Updated daily. Refresh/reload often. Times given are Mountain Time. Links to more info are in bold blue italics. Scan ahead to check for RSVP & other deadlines. All events are open to the public. Email event notices here.

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March 2023

Women’s History Month — some of the women who made a difference for our earth are celebrated here. . Some key environmental books by women authors.

MT Legislature in session until early May. .Session info here. Thursdays MEIC offers weekly briefings. 4:30-5:30 pm. Zoom Link here.

March 30 (Thur) — United Nations International Zero Waste Day

March 30 — Risk & Resilience of MT Trout under Climate Change. free talk by Tim Clime, MSU. Hope Lutheran Church, Bozeman and via zoom.

March 31 (Fri) — Plastics Working Group meets to work on reducing plastic waste. 9:15-10:15 am at Missoula Public Library room 410. Info & zoom link.

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April 2023 — Earth Month !!

**Special Earth Video….. Earthrise poem. **

MT Legislature in session until early May. .Session info here. Thursdays MEIC offers weekly briefings. 4:30-5:30 pm. Zoom Link here.

Now thru April 13 — Advanced Birding Workshop offered by 5 Valleys Audubon. Thursdays 7 to 9pm at 3201 Spurgin Road, Missoula. $15 each. Info here .

Now until April 15 — MT Freshwater Partner’s Native Plant Sale. Order now, pick up in Livingston May 19-20

April 1 (Sat)– No Fooling — Time for Retooling. Pick up gently used, low cost tools at MUD’s Tool Sale. 1527 Wyoming St, Missoula. Donate tools during Tool Library hours (Fridays 4-7pm; Sat & Sun 1am-4pm and Monday 4-7pm)

April 1 — No Fooling — Free Cycles presents the Better Believe It Bicycle Bazaar. 10 am to 5 pm. Bikes for only $10. Free helmets, free kid bikes. You can also sell your own bikes at the event. Please call 541-7284 or email programs@strans.org by 3.25.2023 to reserve booth space. WHERE: 732 S. 1st St W, Missoula

April 1 — Time for Hooting. Field trip to Ninepipes to look for owls. meet in UM Adams Center parking lot at 4pm. 5 Valleys Audubon.

April 1 — MT Fishing Film Festival at UM Dennison Theater. Doors open at 6pm; show at 7pm. Tickets here.

April 2 (Sun) — Seedlings for Solidarity weekly work meeting (1-4pm) at a UM greenhouse to grow free food plants to give away. More info here.

April 3 (Mon) — Montana Science Fair at UM.

April 3 — How to participate in the Lolo National Forest Plan revision process. A program to help citizens understand & participate effectively in the process. 6pm in UM’s Eck Hall (LA 244)

April 5 (Wed) — NOTE DATE CHANGE: Regenerative Organic Farming: healing our land, communities & planet. A talk by Bob Quinn, founder of MT Flour & Grains, the Oil Barn & Big Sandy Organics. 6pm in UM’s Gallagher Business building room 123. Open to all. also available via this zoom link.

April 5 (Wed) — Organic Gardening in Missoula: Vegetable Garden Basics — workshop in Missoula offered by Garden City Harvest.

April 8 (Sat) –– Backyard Chickens — 1 of 3 workshops– noon-3pm at Missoula Fairgrounds. Last session is May 6 .

April 10-11 — MSU Sustainability Summit. Films, tours, speakers, workshops

April 10-14 — Earth Law Week at UM. Speakers & Films. check back for link to info

April 11 (Tues) — Eco-Grief Panel . 5:30-7:45 pm at Missoula Public Library & online. Info & register here.

April 12 (Wed)– Managing Weeds & Pests in an Organic Garden. workshop offered by Garden City Harvest in Missoula, 7-8:30 pm. Info Here.

April 13 (Thurs) –– The Mighty Migration Marches on at Ft Missoula Ponds. Join 5 Valleys Audubon, Clark Fork Coalition, & UM in waterfowl watching on alternate Thursdays 3:30-4:30 pm at 2801 40th Ave. This is far down an unpaved road by some floodplain ponds by the Bitterroot River. Upcoming dates are April 27, May 11. Free but space is limited. sign up at Eventbright.

— Revegetating Riparian and Wetland Areas in Western Montana. 7pm in North Valley Library, 208 Main Street, Stevensville. All welcome. Speakers are from Geum, a local ecological restoration firm. Also on zoom here.

April 13 — Overcoming constraints to Ecological Restoration. pub talk by UM professor Akasha Faist. 6pm at Imagine Nation Brewing – 1151 W. Broadway, Missoula.

April 14-15 — Youth Climate Leadership Workshop. 10am-3pm at Home Resource, , Missoula. Info/register free

April 15 — Bird Walk at Metcalf Wildlife Refuge. 10 am to 1pm. Meet at visitor center. 5 Valleys Audubon.

April 17-20 — MSU Climate Week. Talks, workshops

April 18 (Tues) — UM’s Earth Day Fair on the Oval (noon to 2pm) — learn about our community’s efforts to protect our environment and build a sustainable society. Sign up to help with earth service projects. For more info or to reserve a table, email Tayli

April 18-21 — National Wilderness Workshop & Summit at UM. The theme of this year’s workshop is: Indigenous approaches to wilderness care. More info/register here

April 19 — Big Hole Watershed Committee meets. topic: Invasive weeds. 7pm at Divide Grange and on Zoom.

April 20-21– Clark Fork River Science Forum in Missoula. Hosted by UM, USGS, Upper Clark Fork Working Group & MT Natural Resource Damage Program. Note: this event is at capacity, but a recording will be at the UCFWG YouTube channel after the meeting.

April 21 (Fri) — Clark Fork River cleanup in Missoula’s Reserve Street Bridge area, (9am-3pm). led by Reserve Street Working Group. Volunteers will also evaluate the area’s potential as a protected natural area, part of a trail system, etc. Info here. To help, email Kevin..

April 21 — Trail Clean-up on Missoula’s Blue Mountain & Waterworks Hill. 3-5 pm. meet at the trailheads. More info, email Katy of 5 Valleys Land Trust

April 22 (Sat) — EARTH DAY is 53 years young. Check out these Earth Service events

……..Clark Fork River cleanup in Missoula led by Clark Fork Coalition. Volunteers will meet in Caras Park. Info & Register here.

……..Run for the Trees — FUNdraiser for Trees for Missoula at Silver Park. First run starts at 10 am (arrive by 9:30 am for packets). Register by March 30. Volunteers needed.

……..Don’t Toss It — Fix It ! at Home Resource’s Fixit Clinic. 11am -3pm at 1515 Wyoming, Missoula. Fixit coaches help you cut waste.

……. MUD (Missoula Urban Demonstration) Project’s Earth Day Celebration noon to 4pm

…….. Gallatin Valley Earth Day , Bozeman . Fun Run, 9am; Festival, 10am to 3pm at MSU’s Emerson Center.

…….. Tree planting & tour at Milltown State Park. 1pm. Meet at Overlook for river restoration talk, then hike down to floodplain to plant trees. For more info, email Jess.

……. Volunteer work day on Five Valley Land Trust conservation easement at Wisherd Ridge. 2-6pm. Info here.

……. Birding in Missoula’s Greenough Park with 5 Valleys Audubon. 8 -10 am. Meet in parking lot near corner of Monroe & Locust. More info, email Jacob

April 22-27 — International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula. Virtual program offered April 30-May 5.

April 22 — WildWalk & WildFest in Missoula. WildWalk parade on Higgins (line up at 11 am). WildFest at 11:30 at the XXX’s/BN Plaza .

April 23-26 — DIY Clark Fork river cleanup led by Clark Fork Coalition (details coming soon).

April 25 (Tues) — Rattlesnake Creek’s living resources. a talk by Ladd Knotek of MT FWP. part of Watershed Education Network’s monthly speaker series . 5-7pm at UM’s University Center (room 332).

April 25-27 — Working Together to Protect Montana’s Water Resources — joint conference of Montana’s water & wastewater associations. Butte. Info

April 26 (Wed) — MT Watershed Coordination Council annual meeting, Helena. Features 2023 Montana Wetland and Watershed Stewardship Awards & the Montana Wetland Council (MWC). check back for more info.

April 26 ––Soil Fertility workshop offered by Garden City Harvest in Missoula, 7-8:30 pm. Info here.

April 28 (Fri) — Arbor Day Tree Planting in the State Arboretum on UM campus. check back for info.

April 29 (Sat) — All day birding field trip to Brown’s Lake. meet in Missoula College parking lot at 8am. 5 Valleys Audubon.

April 30 (Sun) — Seedlings for Solidarity weekly giveaways of food garden plants start & continue thru May 30. 2-4pm at UM greenhouse south of the UM golf course. Email Seedlings

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May 2023

Now to May 30 — Seedlings for Solidarity weekly giveaways of food garden plants on Sundays, 2-4pm at UM greenhouse south of the UM golf course. Email Seedlings

May 1 (Mon) — Don’t Toss It — Fix It ! at Home Resource’s Fixit Clinic. 6-8pm at Western Cider. Fixit coaches will help you sew & mend.

May 3 (Wed) — Organic Gardening in Missoula: Plan Your Plot— workshop offered by Garden City Harvest

May 6 (Sat) — Missoula Farmers Market & Clark Fork River Market start. Farmers Markets across the state are described here and here.

May 6 –– Backyard Chickens workshop– noon-3pm at Missoula Fairgrounds.

May 7 — First in a series of tours of Owen Sowerwine Conservation Project in the Flathead. Later tours on May 13, May 17, May 21, July 27, July 29. For more info, contact Flathead Land Trust at info@flatheadlandtrust.org or 406-752-8293.

May 7-11 — American Fisheries Society (Western Division) annual meeting, Boise, Idaho. Register here.

May 9 (Tues) — Impacts of development near the Missoula airport — online from 9-10 am. Info here.

MAY 10 (Wed) — Organic Gardening in Missoula: Seed Saving — workshop offered by Garden City Harvest

May 13 (Sat) — World Migratory Bird Day –– you can go Birding at Kelly Island, (4854 Spurgin, Missoula), 8-10 am and/or visit Raptors of the Rockies in Florence, followed by visit to Lee Metcalf Refuge. Email Jacob of 5 Valleys Audubon

May 18(Thur) — Beaver Dam Analogs & Floodplain Reconnection. a Restoration Ecology pub talk. Pedro Marques, Big Hole Watershed Committee & Amy Sacry, Geum Environmental Consulting. 6pm at Imagine Nation Brewing community room – 1151 W. Broadway Street, Missoula.

May 19 (Fri) — Jeannette Rankin Peace Center annual fundraiser. 5pm in Missoula. Check back for more info.

May 20 (Sat) — Five Valleys Land Trust’s annual Banquet & Auction at UM’s Grizzly Stadium, 5-9:30 pm. Info & tickets here.

May 20 — Bird Walk at Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge. 5 Valleys Audubon.

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June 2023

June 6 (Tue)– Walking audit for bike-ped safety on Reserve St, Missoula. 4-5pm. Info here.

June 8 (Thur) — The American Buffalo will premier at the Wilma Theater in Missoula. followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker Ken Burns, historian Rosalyn LaPier & others. Doors open 6:30 pm; show at 7pm. Free for all ages.

June 9-11 — Wings Across the Big Sky — MT Audubon’s annual meeting. Great Falls.

June 12 – 23 — Held vs Montana Trial — Youth plaintiffs suing Montana to address climate change.

June 19-25 — Pollinator Week

June 21 (Wed) — Flathead Lakers annual meeting & 65th anniversary celebration at the Barn on Finley Point. 5pm social; program starts at 6pm.

June 23-25 — MT Native Plant Society annual meeting will be at Bannack State Park, 20 miles west of Dillon. Theme: Goldenrods, Ghosts & Gold. Registration starts April 15 and limited to 100 people.

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