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Bull Mountain ranchers and supporters hold a mock coal sale at Billings’ BLM office Nov. 14, 2011.
Issues
Coal:
View our new Bull Mountain Land Alliance factsheet on the problems of underground longwall mining in the Bull Mountains that causes surface subsidence and threatens cattle ranching operations.
Community Food:
- We turn passive consumers into active investors in a healthy local economy by mobilizing demand for local food and affordable, efficient energy systems.
- Money spent on locally grown food adds millions of extra dollars to the local economy as it circulates to purchase other goods and services.
- Investing in community-based food and energy provides good local jobs.
- We successfully reinstated Seder Ridge Turkey Farm as a local
supplier for Billings Clinic hospital. - We give special recognition to area businesses that have made a special effort to buy food that is locally produced and processed.
Efficient and Renewable Energy:
- Efficient and renewable energy provides clean, reliable, and affordable power.
- We helped enactment Montana’s landmark reclamation and pollution control laws.
- Through education, we help members lower their fuel and power bills through efficient energy use.
Agriculture:
- We organize at the grassroots for enforcement of antitrust laws against the meatpacking monopoly;
- We successfully upheld our constitutional right to free speech by challenging and defeating the mandatory beef check-off;
Biodiesel:
- We promote the growing and harvesting of oilseed crops for farm- and cooperative-sized production of biodiesel to replace petrol diesel to operate farm machinery. This cost-saving process also produces a high-protein feed supplement for cattle in the winter.
Events
Please visit our events calendar for all Northern Plains and local groups (affiliates) events and meetings.
Click to view BMLA’s Aug-Sept 2011 newsletter
About Us
The Bull Mountain Land Alliance stands up for land and people by advocating for affordable and efficient energy use, prosperous family farms and ranches, and a healthy local economy.
History
A founding affiliate of Northern Plains, the Bull Mountain Land Alliance (formerly the Bull Mountain Landowners Association) was formed in 1969 after a small group of landowners organized to protect their family farms and ranches from the threat of coal mining. Over the years we have acted as a watchdog over agencies to safeguard our land, air and water from the impacts of coal-based energy development.
In the late 1970′s we helped pass Montana’s landmark reclamation and pollution control laws. And we are still fighting for responsible development of Montana’s coal resources.
