Gallatin Conservation District

10/21/2026

🍂✨Thanks to everyone who came out to our fall garden cleanup yesterday. As staff, we always enjoy spending time with our community in the garden, working together!

🍂✨🪏That being said, there is still a lot of work to be done, so we are hosting another volunteer garden cleanup next week on Friday, October 30th, from Noon to 2pm.
- Tools and gloves will be provided.
- Come for as little or as long as you can.
- We have tasks big and small for any ability!
- Feel free to bring your own lunch and eat in the garden.

🍂🎃We will also be setting out the GCD truck for the start of our Pumpkin dump on Friday, October 30th! If you have pumpkins pre or post-Halloween that are rotting on your porch. Drop them in the GCD truck parked on Broadway in front of the garden. They will be fed to our coworker Leia's pigs, or composted in the garden's compost!

10/20/2026

Farming here isn't just a living, it's generations handing the same ground to the next pair of hands. What we do as neighbors today decides whether that handoff keeps happening.

10/20/2026

Learn how Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks manages mule deer through the work of area biologist Sonja Andersen.

From aerial surveys and fawn recruitment to harvest data, habitat conditions, and ongoing research, mule deer management draws on multiple sources of information to build a clearer picture of each herd and the landscape it depends on. Discover how Montana manages mule deer and what guides decisions across the state.

Learn how Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks manages mule deer through ...

10/19/2026

🎃Pumpkin Dump!🎃Don't throw your Jack-o'-lanterns away after Halloween! Instead of sending them to the landfill, bring them by, and we’ll turn them into rich compost! 🍂 Last year, we saved over 60 large carved creations!
Open: November 1st, dawn
Close: November 4th, dusk
📍119 S Broadway St, Manhattan, MT (across from Manhattan Bank and in front of our Garden entrance)
Help reduce waste, feed the soil, and make your post-Halloween cleanup easier. 🌱♻️ Let’s give those pumpkins a second life!

10/18/2026

Those ditches along the property line aren't just ditches, they're how water moves to the fields that feed us. Keeping them clear of fences, trees, and debris keeps the whole system flowing for everyone.

10/15/2026

Dust this time of year means the harvest is moving. It's the natural result of the food we all eat. It settles, the season passes, and we're all better for it.

10/13/2026

🪵Check out these cool webinars coming up this month on forest pests and firewood pathways. Webinars feature:

Wednesday, October 14th at 3pm EST: Slowing the spread of Emerald Ash Borer in the Pacific Northwest.
Tuesday, October 20th at 3pm EST: The Latest and Greatest in the World of Don’t Move Firewood
Wednesday, October 21st, at 1pm EST: Firewood and the Forest Pest Multiverse: the influence of time on perceptions of regulation and detection

🍂Click on the link to learn more!🍂

Tell your colleagues, tell your friends - let's talk firewood! !! RESCHEDULED !! Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 at 1pm EST Firewood and the Forest Pest

10/12/2026

Mark your calendars for this year's Pumpkin Dump! 😍🎃

10/09/2026

🌨️Winter weather is coming this weekend! Stop by the garden and check in the greenhouse to gather the last of our green beans and tomatoes before fresh produce comes to an end! And mark your calendars for our last upcoming garden events of the year:

🎃October 16th: Garden Open House
🎃October 20th: Garden Cleanup in preparation for fall and winter.

🍂Education and Outreach Center🍂
119 S Broadway Street, Manhattan MT, 59741

10/08/2026

When you meet a tractor on the road this month, you're meeting a neighbor at work. Those few slow minutes are part of how the harvest gets in. Thanks for giving them space.