Montana's native plants and their communities
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Gravelly Range wildflower tour, S of Dillon Thursday, July 2 – 9 am This almost-annual tour offered by the Madison Ranger District is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to immerse yourself in the abundant floral display of the Gravelly Range subalpine meadows. Registration not required. Meet at the Madison District Office, 5 Forest Service Road in Ennis. […]
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Little Beaver Lake - Whitefish Saturday, July 4 – 9:30 am A ‘fen’-nominal exploration along the Whitefish Trail system. We’ll visit managed forest, fen and riparian plant communities. Meet at the Beaver Lake Trailhead. Call Joe Rizzi at 406-334-9583 for more info and to reserve a spot.
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1 event,Botany & Foraging "Intensive" along the Magruder Corridor - S & W of Darby July 5-18 Join Tom Elpel and guest instructors for a botanical exploration of southwestern Montana and central Idaho, exploring ecosystems ranging from sagebrush rangelands to cattail swamps, coniferous forests and alpine meadows. We’ll have five different campsites, visiting the traditional lands […] |
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CSKT Greenhouse Tour - Ronan Tuesday, July 7 – 10 am Join Matthew Ogden for a walk through of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes native plant greenhouses. The tour will showcase locally sourced native species grown for restoration projects within the Mission Valley and throughout Montana. Please register at https://volunteersignup.org/EQ4AJ or email gunnerdavies@live.com.
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Woodland Garden Tour - Whitefish Tuesday, July 7 – 6:30 to 8 pm Participants are invited to tour ~2 acres of a fenced, private woodland garden in Whitefish Hills. We’ll tour the extensive plantings of more than 200 species, many Montana natives, as well as view the raised-bed vegetable garden, a 16’-x-16’ water feature and […]
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Yeager Flats - Choteau Wednesday, July 8 – 8 am to 3 pm Dave Shea and Rachel Potter will lead participants through a limber pine savannah, cottonwood groves, sagebrush and an old burn, before ending in a vast, high-elevation native fescue prairie near the base of Ear Mountain on the Rocky Mountain Front. We should […]
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Glacier NP weed blitz - West Glacier Thursday, July 9 – 10 am to 3 pm Join fellow citizens to remove invasive plants from priority sites in Glacier National Park. Park biologist Dawn LaFleur will train participants how to identify the targeted weed species and effective hand-pulling techniques. The morning will focus on learning about […]
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Northfork Forests & Fire - Columbia Falls Saturday, July 11 – 9 am to 5:30 pm Join Steve Wirt, retired USFS forester and fire manager, as he discusses fire history in this area for the fourth consecutive year. Emphasis on plant response, identification and forest succession before and after fires. There may be an opportunity […]
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North Yaak Wetland/Fen Walkabout - Yaak Saturday July 11 – 10 am to 1 pm Easy, slow-paced, mostly flat 2.5-mile walk round-trip, exploring habitat security in the Yaak Valley. This field trip will visit recently protected wetland and fen habitats near Yaak, with opportunities to observe English sundew, mosses and other wetland indicator species. The […]
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Prairie Peace Garden self-guided tour - SE of Townsend Saturday, July 11 - 11 am to 4 pm Come see Bryan Flynn’s Private Stock Peonies (aka Prairie Peace Garden), a few miles southeast of Townsend. Bryan has created an ever-expanding number of native grass and forb strips in various stages of development, as well as […]
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Spanish Peaks Trail - Gallatin Gateway Sunday, July 26 – 8 am We’ll take the main trail south from Spanish Peaks trailhead, following the gentle valley, and stopping often to look at the flowers, including side trips to look at montane riparian wetland species along the creek. It’s a bit of a drive to a […]
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Hike McGuire Ridge, S of Rexford Saturday, August 1 – ~8:30 am to ~4 pm Explore NW Montana’s upper elevation vegetation. Join Peter Lesica as we walk a ridge that is nearly 7,000 feet in elevation. We’ll go past a maintained lookout on McGuire Mountain – the views in all directions should be spectacular! Moderate, […]
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