Join PCEC for these August events!
First, I want to say thank you. PCEC surpassed both of our Give A Hoot goals of 200 individual donations and $85,000. We're so grateful for all of your support. It means so much that you care about the same things we do, and that you put your money where your heart is.
Second, I want to say sorry. I am sorry for bombarding your inbox over the month of July with all of the great work that PCEC does. But I'm also not. We do a lot of cool things, and most of you opened the emails! More than 200 of you even donated.
This month, we have plenty of exciting events planned. Learn more below!
AUGUST 2023 EVENTS
Lighting of the Teepees
August 1 to August 7
Roosevelt Arch, Gardiner
Yellowstone National Park is honored to host for a second year the Lighting of Teepees, a collaborative effort with Pretty Shield Foundation and Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council. From Aug. 1-7, visitors to the park are invited to view the teepees at the Roosevelt Arch in Gardiner, Montana, and learn about the historic and continued presence of American Indian Tribes in the Yellowstone region.
The Lighting of Teepees: An Era of Unity and Inclusivity will include seven installed teepees that will be illuminated nightly at sunset. It will be free and open to the public.
PCEC Fairy Ride to Wishberry Hollow's Sunset Fairy-tales event
Tuesday, August 8, 6:00 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Meet at RX Coffee, ride to Myers River View Trail
Come join us fellow pirates and pixies, dragons and hoot owls, for an evening bicycle ride. Strap on your wings and dragon taming attire, we'll slow roll together, and Wishberry Hollow we'll admire. Leaving your worries behind.
This is a community bicycle ride for all ages and abilities to seek out magical moments and to celebrate the love and labor of local artists and fairy enthusiasts alike. Dogs (and other creatures) welcome on a leash.
Dress up in your favorite fairy finery and join us on August 8th for PCEC's annual Fairy Ride by bike, to explore Wishberry Hollow!
Conservation Leadership Interns from the Park High Green Initiative will be leading the family-friendly ride for all ages and abilities. It is close enough to go by foot or stroller too!
Meet at Rx Coffee at 6 p.m., get your face painted and decorate your bike with provided materials. At 6:45 p.m., we will ride to Wishberry Hollow on O-Street Connector to Myers River View Trail and experience the whimsical fairy displays. At 7:30 p.m. the Sunset Fairy-tales begin, which we highly encourage you to attend!
Costumes are highly encouraged and make sure to bring lights for your bikes as it may become dark out. We hope to see you there!
Yellowstone Revealed
August 10 - 12
Madison Junction, Yellowstone National Park
From Aug. 10-12 at Madison Junction, Yellowstone Revealed 2023 will present an interactive, self-guided experience that combines art and storytelling. The experience will take visitors on a thought-provoking Indigenous narrative journey about the shared past, present and future of teepee lodges sited where the Gibbon River joins the Firehole River to form the Madison River. Visitors to the park are invited to participate in this free experience.
For three days, contemporary artworks by artists Sean Chandler (Aaniiih) and Ben Pease (Apsáalooke/Tsétsêhéstâhes) will show the varied evolution of last year’s Teepee Village. The artworks will be installed in relationship and visual proximity to traditional teepees.
An opening with the artists and singers will take place on Aug. 10 at 11 a.m. MST. The artworks will be available for self-guided visits from sunrise to sunset. Event representatives will be at the exhibition from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. MST each day.
Livingston Planning Board
Wednesday, August 16, 5:30 p.m.
Community Room, City-County Complex, 414 E. Callender St.
Agenda will be here!
The Livingston Planning Board will meet for its regular monthly meeting. The planning board will review a new proposed Mountain View subdivision, near Printing For Less.
Park County Planning Board
Thursday, August 17, 5:00 p.m.
Community Room, City-County Complex, 414 E. Callender St.
The Park County Planning Board will meet for its regular monthly meeting. At the meeting, the Planning Board will hold a discussion of the 2017 Park County Growth Policy and efforts to update it.
We are hoping to have members of the public attend the meeting and express support for the Growth Policy and concerns about the increasing risk of industrial and commercial development (think glamping and gravel pits). RSVP to let us know you can attend today!
National Trails Day Work Day
Saturday, August 26, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Meyer's Bench Trail
Livingston Bike Club will be hosting a work day on Meyer’s Bench, Livingston’s new 1.2mile single track loop. Hand tools and volunteer snacks provided. Reach out to LBC for more details and how to get involved. Or just bring the family and enjoy the new trail for the day!
Wishberry Hollow
July 29 - August 13
Myers' River View Trail
WISHBERRY HOLLOW, created by Eubank Creative, is the culmination of love and labor of local artists and fairy enthusiasts, who will come together to lure our fairy friends into temporary dwellings as they pass through the area on their late summer migration. A pocket of the Myers’ River View Trail in Livingston, Montana will be transformed into a fairy sanctuary during this two week migration. The pixie community will spark the imagination in both the youngest sprite and the eldest of wizards, by bringing together the beauty of nature, the whimsy of magic, and moments of curiosity, all enriching a sense of wonder in art and in the natural world.