Montana guides
Everything here is built from Montana's own records: 49 native plants, 24 birds and 4 dark-sky places, and the timing that goes with them. The free Montana pages stay free; these are the printable editions.
Montana Nature Year 2027
Everything Birch Compass knows about a year of nature in one state: the book, the posters, the sky calendar, the life list, and a weekly note through 2027.
- 54 pages book
- 11 files
- weekly Montana note
$34.00
The Montana Nature Journal
Twelve printable month pages: a reference side built from public nature data for your state, and a field-notes side that is yours.
- 15 pages
- twelve month pages
- printable PDF
$14.00
Birds of Montana
The state's most-recorded birds, ranked from survey data, with when each is present through the year and a life list to keep.
- 6 pages
- 24 species
- printable PDF
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Native Plants of Montana
The native plants that belong in your yard: what to plant for pollinators, by zone, with bloom timing and a species table.
- 9 pages
- 49 species
- printable PDF
$9.99
The Night Sky over Montana
A stargazing companion for the state that does not expire: the meteor calendar, the darkest places, and how to read any year's sky.
- 8 pages
- 4 dark-sky places
- printable PDF
$9.99
Montana Planting Windows 2027
When to start seeds indoors, set out transplants, and direct-sow in Montana: computed week by week for every zone the state spans, dated for 2027.
- 16 pages
- printable PDF
$7.00
Not sure yet? The free Montana pages cover this month on screen, and every edition here is the year around them.
Format: PDF, laid out for Letter and A4. Delivery: an instant download link, plus a link you can re-open for 72 hours. Refunds: full refund within 30 days, no questions; email hello@birchcompass.com.
Two at a time
Buying more than one Montana edition
Each Montana edition is sold on its own, and checkout takes one at a time. These two combine them into a single purchase, for less than the parts come to.
The Montana Set
Three printable Montana editions in one purchase (the twelve-month journal, the native plants reference and the stargazing guide) for less than the three cost apart.
The Montana Nature Journal, Native Plants of Montana and The Night Sky over Montana
$29.00 $33.98 apart
Montana Nature Year 2027 + Journal
The complete Montana Nature Year with the undated journal beside it: everything the site knows about the year, and the pages to record your own.
Montana Nature Year 2027 and The Montana Nature Journal
$42.00 $48.00 apart
Choosing
Which Montana edition do you want?
- If you want one thing that covers the whole Montana year
- The Nature Year is the book plus the posters, the sky calendar, the life list and a weekly note: everything the site knows about Montana in one purchase, which is why it costs what the others cost together.
- If you want to keep your own record
- The journal gives each month a reference side built from Montana data and a blank side that stays yours. Undated, so you print it again next year.
- If the birds are the reason you go outside
- The birding guide profiles the 24 species most consistently recorded in Montana, with a month-by-month presence chart and a life list.
- If you are planting something this year
- The native plants guide covers 49 species for hardiness zones 3a–5b, with bloom windows and what each one feeds.
- If you would drive somewhere dark
- The night sky guide names Montana's 4 darkest places and works the moon into every meteor peak, so you know which nights repay the trip.