Notes from the Field

A couple of years ago, Northern Plains member and Bridger farmer/rancher Tom Tschida found himself getting deeper and deeper into a new hobby, hand-printed...

Montana legislators filed requests for 67 amendments to our state constitution this year, but as of the writing of this article, none look likely...

The novelist James Lane Allen is credited with the quote, “Adversity does not build character, it reveals it.” After a remarkably challenging session full...

We are fiercely proud of the Montana Constitution, written by Montanans to serve Montanans. We came into this session knowing we needed to defend...

“Are you now, or have you ever been, a partisan hack?” That is the animating question for a pile of new legislation designed to...

We know that Montanans want and deserve a clean, affordable, and just energy future that protects the people and places we love. No one...

A fundamental value of Northern Plains is that everyday people should be able to participate in the decisions that impact their communities. Our member-leaders...

Even before the official start of the 68th Montana Legislature, efforts were afoot to silence an important tool that our Montana Constitution grants us. Senator...

BILLINGS, Mont. - The Northern Plains Resource Council recently held its 51st Annual Meeting in Billings and covered a wide range of topics addressing agriculture, natural...

Kris joined Northern Plains almost on a whim. In 2018, she signed up for a public speaking workshop Northern Plains was hosting, but she gained something much deeper.

On March 8th (just a week before the candidate filing deadline), a panel of federal judges drew new boundaries for Montana’s Public Service Commission...