Earth Day 2023 Community Activities

This upcoming Saturday, April 22nd is Earth Day, a time when the communities of Northwest Montana's Flathead Valley come together to tidy up the landscape in preparation for summer. Your time and assistance is always appreciated, so grab the family and head out for a day of service!

This upcoming Saturday, April 22nd is Earth Day, a time when the communities of Northwest Montana's Flathead Valley come together to tidy up the landscape in preparation for summer. Your time and assistance is always appreciated, so grab the family and head out for a day of service!

WHITEFISH

WHEN: April 22nd, 8:30am - 12:30pm

WHERE: Glacier Bank parking lot
319 E Second St, Whitefish

Breakfast is served at 8:30am in the Glacier Bank parking lot. Lunch will be served starting at 11am. Students, clubs, and community service organizations are encouraged to join the fun.

Glacier Bank will supply gloves, trash bags and maps. Glacier Bank will supply you with a trash pickup area. Whitefish Pharmacy will be onsite collecting old medications for safe disposal.

Prize drawing is at noon
Adult: 1 $100 Visa gift card
Youth: 2 Youth Bikes (of different sizes)

Rain or shine we look forward to seeing you there!

Clean_the_Fish_Flyer

COLUMBIA FALLS

WHEN: April 22nd, 9:00am - 12:00pm

WHERE: Glacier Bank parking lot
822 Nucleus Ave, Columbia Falls

Please check in at Glacier Bank in Columbia Falls prior to heading to your chosen location. Choose from areas highlighted at the event or clean up your own street!

Consider joining Land to Hand MT at the Wildcat Garden (next to the CFalls Junior High School) to get the garden ready for growing season! Please come dressed for the weather and with a water bottle. Address: 1805 Talbot Rd Columbia Falls

Check in at Glacier Bank before heading over to the garden. You can enter in their raffle!

Afterwards, lunch will be provided by CF Lion’s Club beginning at 11am at Glacier Bank.

Prize drawing is at 11:30
Adult: 2x $100 gift cards to Columbia Nursery
Youth: 2x Mountain Bikes

Clean the Falls

KALISPELL

WHEN: April 292nd, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

WHERE: Northwest Montana History Museum
124 2nd Ave E, Kalispell, Montana

Come celebrate Earth Day on Saturday April 22nd from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the Northwest Montana History Museum in Kalispell. There will be educational booths, a film screening and workshops.

Learn how (and why) to electrify your home or business to save money and live healthier. Discover sustainable solutions that improve your life. Get information on rebates, tax credits, and other resources in Flathead County for energy efficiency, residential solar, EVs and more.

Plus, enjoy the film “The Transformation Cannot be Stopped” which tells the story of how the utility, auto, tech and defense industries are helping modernize our aging power grid by embracing smart policies and investments.

Come learn how you can take action to preserve our clean and healthy forests and streams with goals for climate, conservation, and community. Learn how to take the most meaningful climate action (other than voting): contacting your member of congress.

This event is family-friendly and is free and open to the public.

SCHEDULE:
1 PM - 4 PM Educational Booths
1 PM Film: “Current Revolution: The Transformation Cannot be Stopped.”
2 PM Workshop: “Electrify Your Life”
3 PM Demonstration: Climate Solutions Simulator

EDUCATIONAL BOOTHS:
-Flathead Valley Citizens’ Climate Lobby
-Wild Montana
-Climate Smart Glacier Country
-Flathead Audubon Society
-Clark Nissan with their all new Ariya EV Crossover
-Ranked Choice Voting Montana
-Solar and Heat Pump companies
…and more!

LAKESIDE SOMERS

WHEN: April 22th, 8:30am

WHERE: Volunteer Park
7225 U.S. 93 S, Lakeside

Join your fellow community members in cleaning up our beautiful home, where we work, live and play on Saturday, April 22. A family friendly event, trash bags and reflective safety vests (both adult and kids sizes) will be provided on a first come, first serve basis. However, we recommend bringing your own work gloves, wearing bright colors, and comfortable shoes. Dress weather appropriate, this is a rain or shine event!

PRE REGISTER YOUR ROUTE HERE

DAY-OF: Please arrive at Volunteer Park, meet under the large pavillion between 8:30am to 9:00am to check-in and receive your vest and trash bag compliments of SLITERS Lumber & Building Supply. We will have complimentary coffee from Glacier Perks and various pastries, fruit and breakfast items compliments of Vacation Flathead, PsycleMT, Wildflower Society, and Flathead Lake Hostel! We ask you to return your picked up trash back to Volunteer Park by 11am or take it to the local landfill.

EARTH DAY TRAIL CLEAN UP

WHEN: April 22nd, 10:00am - 1:00pm

WHERE: Cedar Flats, 4th Ave Trailhead

Wear comfortable, closed toes shoes/boots, suitable for walking and using tools.

Bring your own gloves suitable for working with hand tools and picking up garbage.

We will have a collection of tools to share. If you have shovels, loppers, handsaws, etc, of your own that you would like to bring, please do.

We will be cleaning trailheads and doing light trail maintenance of trails in the Cedar Flats area. Depending on the size of the crew we may split into 2 or more teams, and send a crew to Waving Bear or Turkey Trot Trailhead as well, but everyone needs to meet at 4th Ave Trail Head.

Gift certificates, donated by local businesses will be hidden amongst the trash in each section as a extra thank you for helping out….. so be thorough!

SIGN UP HERE

FLATHEAD RIVER CLEANUP

WHEN: April 22nd, 10:00am - 1:00pm

WHERE: Marantette Park
133 13th St E, Columbia Falls,

Wild Montana’s Flathead-Kootenai Chapter and the Flathead Rivers Alliance are teaming up to celebrate Earth Day. Join us on Saturday, April 22, to clean up several fishing access sites along the Flathead River.

We’ll meet at Marantette Park in Columbia Falls, pack lunches for the day (food provided), break into cleanup crews, and distribute supplies. Then, we’ll split up to remove garbage and debris from access sites along the Middle and North Forks of the Flathead.

Pre-registration is required.

Let’s make this Earth Day a fun one by giving back to the watershed!

Gift certificates, donated by local businesses will be hidden amongst the trash in each section as a extra thank you for helping out….. so be thorough!

BIGFORK

WHEN: April 29th, 8:00am - 12:00pm

WHERE: First Interstate parking lot
800 Grand Ave, Bigfork

It’s that time of year again … time to Clean YOUR ‘Fork!

Help is needed to keep our community trash-free and sparkly clean.

Meet at First Interstate Bank at 8am for a free breakfast and safety meeting and then head out to make your portion of Bigfork sparkle.

Sign up for your preferred section here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b044da8ab2eabf85-20234#/

ATTENTION BIGFORK BUSINESSES!!! Sign up for an area with four or more staff members and your business will be publicly thanked in the Bigfork Eagle & Flathead Beacon. This is free advertising for your business that shows the Flathead Valley you support your community!

Trash bags, rubber gloves and water will be provided. It is recommended that you bring your own work gloves.

Gift certificates, donated by local businesses will be hidden amongst the trash in each section as a extra thank you for helping out….. so be thorough!