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Northern Plains Resource Council

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We organize Montanans to protect water quality, family farms and ranches, and quality of life.

10/28/2026

Knowing where our meat comes from is so important for all Montanans! And now, after more than a decade, Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (MCOOL) is making a comeback. But we need your help to get it across the finish line. Recently the Senate Ag Committee voted 12-11 to approve a Farm Bill draft, which includes an amendment supporting MCOOL!

This is a huge win for both cattle producers and consumers, ensuring consumers can clearly distinguish American beef from foreign beef at the grocery store and giving American ranchers the ability to distinguish their product in the marketplace.

The Farm Bill draft will now be sent to the full Senate for final approval. Follow for more!

Tell your local congressional representative to support American ranchers and consumers by bringing back MCOOL.

10/26/2026

Join us for a virtual meeting featuring a screening of the film Mother Range followed by a Q&A with a portion of the cast and crew!

Hear from Northern Plains Resource Council and Montana Farmers Union leaders who will lead a discussion on Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling and Beef Markets and introduce our "write to advocate" toolkit!

From 6:00-7:00 pm Wednesday, October 28!

Click the link 🔗 below to register!

10/23/2026

Dr. Robert Merchant, a Billings Clinic pulmonologist, told Yellowstone County Commissioners and news that pollution from the proposed Quantica Big Sky Digital Campus, a hyper-scale AI data center campus proposed near Broadview, MT, could cause increased death, along with respiratory and cardiac issues for patients. He predicts 1-3 people could die per year due to particulate matter, according to the story by KTVQ.

Follow the link to read the full story and watch Dr. Merchant’s interview by with KTVQ News Montana.

Photo by KTVQ

10/20/2026

It’s time to vote! This election season, organize a few friends or family to vote with you and take your party to the polls!

Your vote matters. Your voice matters. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

Visit the 🔗 link below for more information on getting registered, voting, and how Northern Plains Resource Council members are moving the needle.

10/16/2026

Don’t let Big Tech hold Montana Ransom. Learn more about data centers and their impact on our rural communities.

This video is 100% human-made! Big thanks to our friends, The Innervation Bros, for their support.

Visit link below to learn more and get involved!

10/09/2026

We stand in solidarity with non-profits across Montana who are being targeted by the Federal Government for their efforts to protect Montana's environmental resources. Montanans, and our fellow non-profits will not be intimidated by the Federal Government's attempts to distract from their own actions to dismantle bedrock environmental laws, and take away our community's ability to participate in those decisions.

Montana Environmental Information Center - MEIC Alliance for the Wild Rockies | NREPA Wilderness Watch

Click the link below to read more.

10/06/2026

It is nearly time for the 2026 Annual Meeting! You won't want to miss this weekend of fun, fellowship, and learning. We have lined up movers and shakers from across Montana to help us celebrate the perseverance and people power creating a sustainable future for generations of Montanans to come.

Don't miss our keynote speaker!

Clayton Tucker advocates for hard working Texans and ranchers on data centers, water and ag policy, organizes on access to affordable local foods, and works on international trading policy to hold big corporations accountable all while managing his family’s ranch. Clayton worked closely with Jim Hightower (longtime friend of Northern Plains Resource Council and former Texas Ag Commissioner) to lobby for better access to healthcare for all of Texas.

Clayton has been deeply involved in organizing and giving a voice to local communities that are concerned about hyperscale AI data centers. He will be joining us at the 2026 Annual Meeting to discuss these efforts, and how we, as a community, can build a better future by working together with our neighbors.

Click the link in bio to register and learn more about the 2026 Annual Meeting.

Early bird 🐦 registration until October 18! Link 🔗 below!

09/30/2026

Today, Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) opened up a comment period related to Quantica Infrastructure's massive data center project in Yellowstone County. This request for public comment concerns the DEQ’s review of potential impacts of a well for Quantica’s Big Sky Campus.

The size of this project is massive. It is expected that Quantica will use around 150,000 gallons of water/day during construction, the campus is expected to be 5,100-acres in size, and will require 1,100 megawatts of energy to service - which is more energy than our whole state uses combined on an average day. This scale is unlike anything we’ve seen and it requires so much more review and consideration than what the DEQ has produced.

Tell DEQ that this review is not nearly enough. Click the link 🔗 below to summit a comment!

09/22/2026

Check out this great episode of What the Helena?, featuring Northern Plains Resource Council Member, Mike McDearmon -- a 15-year cloud infrastructure and software veteran running tech networks from a cabin in Central Montana. Mike talks about what this tech explosion means for our communities, and how everyday residents can make their voices heard.

“As tech giants race to build hyperscale AI data centers across the country, developers are eyeing Montana’s open land and local energy grid. But what happens when the rapid buildout of artificial intelligence collides with rural resource conservation, local water supplies, and electricity rates?”

Click the 🔗 link below to listen to the full episode!

09/16/2026

The Senate Ag Committee voted 12-11 today to approve Farm Bill draft, which includes an amendment supporting MCOOL!

This is a huge win for both cattle producers and consumers, ensuring consumers can clearly distinguish American beef from foreign beef at the grocery store and giving American ranchers the ability to distinguish their product in the marketplace.

The Farm Bill draft will now be sent to the full Senate for final approval. Follow for more!

Sign the petition. Tell congress to support American ranchers and consumers by bringing back MCOOL.

Click the link 🔗 below to sign!

Address

220 S 27th Street, Ste A
Billings, MT
59101

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+14062481154

Website

http://www.northernplains.org/

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