Gardiner Earth Day Celebration

04/25/2022

Big THANK YOU to everyone that came out to our cleanup on Saturday and all those that helped make it possible!!! Earth Day is more than just picking up trash. It was a great opportunity to gather and discuss what sustainability means for Gardiner, Park County, and Yellowstone, and how we can all work together going forward.

Shout out to Bill Berg, Cam Sholly, Lynn Chan, and Johnathan Hettinger for speaking at the event as well as Bear Creek Council, Delaware North, Park County Environmental Council, Yellowstone Park Service Stations, Yellowstone National Park Lodges, and Yellowstone Forever for supporting this event.

Check out the pics:

Explore this photo album by Yellowstone National Park on Flickr!

04/24/2022

Don't forget to grab free compost before it's all gone! (There's also some bison poo next to the pile that some awesome volunteers scooped up from Arch Park yesterday.) All behind the HRC, help yourself 🌱

04/22/2022

Happy Earth Day Gardiner!!

We will be celebrating and cleaning the town tomorrow April 23rd snow or shine ❄️ Clean ups start at 10 am followed by free lunch at Arch Park at noon! See the flyer for more details.

04/13/2022

April 23rd is approaching fast! Can't wait to see you there 🌱🌼🌎

News Release: Commemorate 150 Years of Yellowstone and celebrate Earth Day 2022 in Gardiner, Montana!

On Saturday, April 23, community organizations will observe Earth Day in Gardiner, Montana. All events are free to the public.

Gardiner Community Cleanup: 10 a.m. - noon
- Meet at Arch Park to clean up the town.
- Meet at Dino L**e, the rodeo grounds, or the airport to clean up the highway.
- Please bring your own work gloves.

Lunch & Speakers: noon - 2 p.m.
- Enjoy lunch and listen to speakers at Arch Park, including remarks from Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly.

All Day
- Get free compost at the Heritage and Research Center. Bring a shovel and container.
- Drop off your e-waste, batteries and bulbs at the Yellowstone Forever box at Arch Park.
- Greater Gardiner Community Council (GGCC) will haul old refrigerators, stoves, other large unwanted items, such as sofas, and up to four tires for free. Call (406) 224-1327 by April 21 to schedule a pickup.
- Or, haul appliances, unwanted items and up to four tires, to the Gardiner Green Boxes on the morning of April 23 for disposal.

This partnership event is sponsored by Bear Creek Council, Greater Gardiner Community Council, Yellowstone Park Service Stations, Dino L**e, Yellowstone Forever, National Park Service, Yellowstone General Stores and Yellowstone National Park Lodges.

Visit go.nps.gov/Yellowstone150 and follow frequently in 2022 to stay current on commemoration information!

04/04/2022

Earth Day is just around the corner! Be sure to join us on April 23rd in sprucing up the town, honoring Yellowstone's 150th year, and hearing from local groups on sustainability happenings around Park County 🌱🌼

Don't miss out on:
-Free Compost
-Large Item Dump and Haul
-E-waste Disposal

03/22/2022

Join us for our annual Earth Day Clean-Up on Saturday April 23rd at Arch Park!

After two years of limited festivities, we're excited to celebrate full force this year just in time for Yellowstone's 150th anniversary. Stay tuned for more details 🌱🌳

04/24/2021

Thank you to our small but mighty crew that came out this year to clean the town! We repaired fences at the Arch Park and filled 5 bags of trash with masks, candy wrappers, cans, bottles, and countless cigarette butts. The electronic waste truck is steadily filling and the compost has arrived!! Great Earth Day all around 🌱

04/22/2021

HAPPY EARTH DAY 🌱

Take a chance today to do something special for our community and our planet. Pick up that piece of trash floating around town, plant native flowers, eat a vegan meal, walk to the store instead of drive... the possibilities are endless!

And don't forget to celebrate with us this Saturday April 24th with our annual town clean up and other programs! All are welcome 😊

04/07/2021

Please join us in celebrating Earth Day this year on April 24th in a Covid-19 friendly fashion! While we can't have our annual cookout, there will be several programs open to the public to help keep our community clean this year.

- Bear Creek Council's road clean-up starting tentatively at 10 am at the airport
- YECC's town clean-up starting at 10 am at the Arch Park
- Free compost will be available behind the HRC
- Electronic waste drop off at the Arch Park
- National Drug Take Back Day hosted by Yellowstone Forever from 10 am to 2 pm at their Gardiner location
- Big Item Haul like tires (limit of 4) and appliances available, please call 406-224-1327 by April 22nd to coordinate

And if you can't join us, you can always coordinate your own clean up around town and share your efforts! If you have any questions or would like more information on how to get involved feel free to call 307-344-2304.

04/22/2020

More of our community members being awesome on Earth Day! And two reasons to celebrate makes it even better!

Congrats and thank you to Paul Anderson for his almost 39 years of planting trees throughout Yellowstone! He finished off his retirement planting a dogwood, river birch, and cottonwood outside the Mammoth Hotel today. The trees were grown at the park's Stephens Creek Nursery from cuttings taken from trees in Mammoth. Thank you to Sam Reid and Dan Busch as well for their help in growing and delivering these saplings!

04/22/2020

We have such an awesome community!! Thank you so much Wendy for organizing this small but mighty clean up.

04/22/2020

Happy Earth Day Gardiner!!

Earth Day celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and though we can't celebrate in person together, there are lots of ways to celebrate online and at home! Gardinians have already been seen picking up trash and sweeping the sidewalks this week so let's keep that momentum going today and everyday to keep our town and planet clean! We've listed some free online resources below and easy ways to get involved from home. Check them out and comment how you plan on celebrating Earth Day! 🌱🌎🌍🌏🌿

Free Online Events:
-earthday.org is hosting live events all day long for free
-The International Wildlife Film Festival has gone virtual this year and is running free films until April 25th found at http://wildlifefilms.org/
-The town of Red Lodge is hosting online events all week in honor of Earth Day. Check out their site earthweekredlodge.com

Easy Ways to be Earth Friendly at Home:
-Use single use items like plastic bottles and containers for crafts or reuse in the home.
-Create Earth Day related art and share with Earth Day Art 4 All virtual art show hosted by Climate Smart Missoula
-Pick up trash whenever you see it and recycle what you can.
-Cook a vegetarian or vegan meal today.
-Collect food scraps for compost or save veggie and meat scraps to make delicious broths.
-Install all LED bulbs in your home to cut energy use. LEDs use 75% less energy than incandescents!
-Use old clothes that are too worn out to donate to make rags or reusable "paper towels".
-Share your love of our planet and encourage others to get involved!