• “Hush of the Land” — A Storytelling Event with Smoke Elser

    Join long-time outfitter Smoke Elser and author Eva-Maria Maggi for a special storytelling event based on their book, “Hush of the Land.” Smoke will share stories of his 60+ years guiding and outfitting in the Bob Marshall Wilderness and working to conserve Montana’s wild places.

  • Community Meeting on Recreation (Seeley Lake)

    The Blackfoot Challenge is hosting a series of community meetings to gather concerns and ideas around recreation impacts across the Blackfoot watershed. These meetings will help develop a shared vision for the future of sustainably managed recreation from ridgetop to ridgetop. Six meetings will take place in October in Bonner, Ovando, Helmville, Greenough/Potomac, Seeley Lake […]

  • Community Meeting on Recreation (Lincoln)

    The Blackfoot Challenge is hosting a series of community meetings to gather concerns and ideas around recreation impacts across the Blackfoot watershed. These meetings will help develop a shared vision for the future of sustainably managed recreation from ridgetop to ridgetop. Six meetings will take place in October in Bonner, Ovando, Helmville, Greenough/Potomac, Seeley Lake […]

  • Follow-up Community Meeting on Recreation (Ovando)

    This meeting will serve as a follow-up to the series of community recreation feedback meetings held earlier this fall. All interested individuals are invited, whether you’ve attended a previous meeting or not. Contact Recreation Program Coordinator Marley Held-Wilson with questions. marley@blackfootchallenge.org 

  • Blackfoot Challenge Board Meeting

    Monthly Blackfoot Challenge Board Meeting — in person at the Ovando Fire Hall this month. Call Deb at 406-793-3900 or email office@blackfootchallenge.org for details.

  • Holiday Member Gathering

    Join us for some holiday cheer and a warm chili feed with all the trimmings at Trixi’s. We look forward to celebrating all of you who make the Blackfoot an amazing place to live, work and play!

  • Blackfoot Challenge Board Meeting

    Monthly Blackfoot Challenge Board Meeting — on Zoom this month. Call Deb at 406-793-3900 or email office@blackfootchallenge.org for details.

  • Blackfoot Challenge Recreation Committee Meeting

    Now a full committee of the Blackfoot Challenge, the Recreation Committee will gather to review outcomes from the fall public meetings and plan priorities and goals for 2025 with the coordination of new Blackfoot Challenge Recreation Program Coordinator Marley Held-Wilson. This meeting will take place in person with a Zoom option. Contact Marley for details […]

  • Blackfoot Challenge Drought Committee Annual Meeting

    The Blackfoot Challenge Drought Response Committee will gather to review the 2024 drought season — the worst drought conditions since the Drought Plan began — and make plans for 2025. Contact Clancy for details on the in-person meeting or for the Zoom connection to attend remotely.

  • Blackfoot Challenge Community Prescribed Fire Meeting — Ovando/Helmville

    Join your neighbors and the Blackfoot Challenge for a discussion about prescribed fire, prescribed fire communications, and community readiness as we continue to grow our prescribed fire program in 2025. The Challenge will host 2 meetings, one for the Ovando/Helmville area and one for the Potomac/Greenough region. Community members from throughout the watershed are welcome […]