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Mark Fix surveys his pastures and calving grounds in the Tongue River Valley near Miles City.
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Blasting at the Rosebud Mine in southeastern Montana
OIL & GAS: Click here to watch our video "Mixing Oil and Water." Air, water and rural communities are casualties of oil and gas development
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Northern Plains organizes Montana citizens to protect our water quality, family farms and ranches, and unique quality of life.
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Northern Plains Annual Meeting
November 14, 2014
Keynote speaker will be Helen Slottje, a winner of the 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize for her grassroots organizing and bringing to light the health effects of oil and gas fracking in New York communities. Workshops, speakers, banquets, silent auction, entertainment. Save money on early-bird registration. Register online or call 406-248-1154. more > Publications
Northern Plains Resource Council offers a number of publications, including fact sheets, the Plains Truth newsletter, legislative bulletins, special reports and more.
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Make tracks to Northern Plains' 43rd Annual Meeting, Nov. 14-15, 2014, Billings Crowne Plaza hotel
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News
- Gazette opinion: Statewide victory for Montana voters – Billings Gazette, Nov. 6, 2014 »
- Measure to end Election Day registration defeated – Lee State Bureau, Nov. 5, 2014 »
- Gazette opinion: Not COOL: World trade trumps U.S. shoppers’ choice – Billings Gazette, Nov. 5, 2014 »
- Press release: Arch Coal responds to deficient Otter Creek permit application »
- Letter: LR-126 isn’t in line with democracy; vote no – Billings Gazette, Oct. 30, 2014 »
- Press release: New Livingston-area conservation group to hold first annual meeting Oct. 30 »
- Gazette editorial: Building blocks for Montana’s energy future – Oct. 27, 2014 »
- Air quality, traffic impacts and health issues from coal trains get new interest – Helena Independent Record, Oct. 25, 2014 »