The January 14, 2022 Missoula County Zoning Update draft is open for public comment through March 1. Please consider submitting a comment through the link below to urge preservation of an important tract in the Grass Valley Important Bird Area … Continue reading
Philip L. Wright was a professor of zoology at the University of Montana who taught mammalogy and ornithology and established the zoological museum that bears his name. Dr. Wright’s infectious enthusiasm and his passion for the natural world inspired thousands … Continue reading
The Five Valleys Audubon Society will offer a workshop for beginning and intermediate birders. This workshop should appeal to birders just getting started and to birders who want to improve their identification skills. It will consist of four classroom sessions … Continue reading
An advanced birding workshop is scheduled for February, March and April 2020. The workshop will include seven sessions on Thursday evenings from 7:00-9:30 pm at the Fish, Wildlife & Parks Regional Office at 3201 Spurgin Road, Missoula. Each session will … Continue reading
Preliminary field trip schedule for 2019 – see our calendar for up-to-date details Feb 2 Deer Lodge Valley Feb 23 Mission Valley Mar 23 Metcalf NWR Apr 6 Ninepipes (Short-eared Owls) Apr 27 Brown’s Lake May 19 (Sun) Bandy Ranch … Continue reading
An advanced birding workshop has been scheduled for February, March and April 2018 that will include seven sessions on Thursday nights from 7:00 – 9:30 pm at the Fish, Wildlife & Parks Regional Office on Spurgin Road. Each session will … Continue reading
Bill Gabriel began studying birds as a Boy Scout and went on to win a Virginia Academy of Science scholarship with his birds in 1952. That got him into Virginia Tech and a BS in forest & wildlife conservation. Scouting … Continue reading
There is a new nature store open in Missoula. Mat Seidensticker and Peggy Persico have opened the Naturalist’s Mercantile at 131 E. Main St (phone 406-544-0227). It’s not that far from where the old Birdwatcher’s Country Store was. They carry … Continue reading
The Community Naturalist Program (CNP) represents a portion of the Chapter’s education effort. This program includes classroom presentations and field trips for grade school and high school classes, workshops to improve bird identification skills, and other requests from miscellaneous sources … Continue reading