The Science and Conservation Center

10/07/2026

Many thanks to the The Association of Zoos and Aquariums for hosting a fantastic conference in Portland! We enjoyed a week of visiting with wildlife professionals from across the country and came away inspired. Many incredible things are happening in the zoo world to protect animals and connect the public with conservation and we're grateful to be a small part of it.

09/22/2026

We are gearing up for the AZA 2026 Conference next week in Portland. Stop by our booth if you're in the neighborhood!

09/17/2026

Through a grant from Montana Native Plant Society, we were able to make The Native American Medicinal Plant Garden (Jay's Garden) even better! We added 15 new species, signs for individual plants, and educational signs about the benefits of native plants in the landscape. A unique and fascinating aspect of Jay's Garden is a focus on the Indigenous names and traditional uses of the plants.

Last week, we welcomed 30 students from Wyoming who came to Jay's Garden to learn about native plants and collect seeds for their own native garden at their school. Many thanks to Montana Native Plant Society for their support of this native garden, we hope it's an inspiration and resource for many years to come!

The Native American Medicinal Plant Garden is a ZooMontana Botanical Society Garden and open to the public year-round on the grounds of ZooMontana.

09/16/2026

That's how it's done!

09/16/2026

Check out our final newsletter of 2026. We'll introduce you to our long-time partners, the Spring Creek Basin Mustangs, and update you on the latest and greatest at the SCC. Happy reading!

Email from The Science and Conservation Center September 2026 Volume 2, Issue 3 From the Executive Director Kimberly Frank | ED Dear Friends in Conservation, Fall is in the air. We are grateful for so

09/15/2026

Many thanks to our friends and partners who joined us last week for our Garden Party/Open House! We could not have done it without the help of Mother Nature, the ZooMontana event staff, and especially the ZooMontana Botanical Society volunteer gardeners. Between the company, the garden, and the weather, it was a fantastic evening!

09/14/2026

We hosted our final in-house training of the year with some fantastic folks from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community , the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group , and the Jicarilla Mustang Heritage Alliance. Best of luck to our new "certified darters" in their wildlife management endeavors!

08/26/2026

In case you missed it, check out this fantastic webinar from Return To Freedom, Wild Horse Conservation and our very own Kayla Grams on the history of wildlife fertility control. We promise you'll learn something!

This is a recording on Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation's ...