The Montana Environmental Information Center is a member-supported advocacy and public education organization. It was founded by concerned Montanans in 1973 to protect and restore Montana's natural environment.

MEIC’s accomplishments and experience have earned it the reputation of being Montana’s leading state government-focused advocate, and the leading group promoting progress in environmental policy pertaining to:

• hardrock mining
• energy policy and global warming
  
• air quality
• water quality
  
• land use and State land management
• environmental policy

MEIC’s membership consists of nearly 5,000 individuals in Montana and around the country who support MEIC both financially and with their activism.

MEIC collaborates with a wide variety of state, regional and national environmental groups. MEIC also works with new voices for environmental protection, including business, farming, labor, tribal, education, religious, and public health interests.

Banner image by Larry Flowers, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.