Powder River Basin Resource Council

What Powder River Basin Resource Council does

Powder River Basin Resource Council is a private, membership-based nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1973 and headquartered at 934 N. Main St. in Sheridan, Wyoming. It mobilizes Wyoming citizens through grassroots community organizing to protect the state's land, water, air and agricultural heritage from the impacts of resource development. Its programmatic portfolio spans five focus areas — oil & gas, coal, uranium and the nuclear fuel cycle, renewable energy, and agriculture and local foods — and it is the only Wyoming-based group explicitly dedicated to mitigating the impacts of the nation's largest coal strip mines.

Name

Powder River Basin Resource Council

Legal name

Powder River Basin Resource Council

Website

https://powderriverbasin.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Powder River Basin Resource Council is a Sheridan, Wyoming-based, member-funded nonprofit founded in 1973 that organizes citizens to protect the state's land, water, air and agricultural heritage from the impacts of oil, gas, coal, and uranium development.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Sheridan

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership: The organization raises funds through individual donations, membership renewals, and its WYO Gives annual fundraiser. The website features an online donation portal with variable giving amounts ($20-$250, one-time or recurring). Membership provides access to the organization's newsletter and participation in governance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Powder River Basin Resource Council is a Wyoming-based nonprofit that organizes citizens and landowners to advocate for responsible development of natural resources and to protect land, water, air, and agricultural heritage. It delivers programs in oil & gas, coal, uranium, renewable energy, and agriculture, complemented by the Powder River Breaks newsletter, the Wyoming Voices storytelling project, educational webinars, and landowner resource guides. Membership and donations sustain its community-organizing work statewide.

Product overview

Powder River Basin Resource Council is a non-profit advocacy organization offering educational programs, publications, and community organizing services focused on protecting Wyoming's land, water, air, and agricultural heritage. The organization operates several advocacy programs covering oil & gas, coal, uranium, renewable energy, and agriculture issues, while providing educational resources including the Powder River Breaks newsletter, the Wyoming Voices storytelling project, and the Reclaiming & Growing Wyoming's Future webinar series. The organization also provides landowner resources and hosts an annual meeting for members.

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Brands

• Wyoming Association of Ratepayers: A campaign project to protect Wyoming ratepayers and promote a just transition from higher-cost coal generation to lower-cost renewable energy.

Products and services

• Oil & Gas Advocacy Program Organizes landowners and citizens to pass and implement state and federal policies addressing and preventing impacts from oil and gas development on land, water, air, wildlife, property, and health and safety in Wyoming.
• Coal Advocacy Program The only Wyoming-based group working to protect land, water, and way of life from the impacts of the nation's largest coal strip mines, while improving Wyoming's air quality by reducing pollution at coal-fired power plants.
• Renewable Energy Advocacy Program Promotes renewable energy development as a means to create jobs, stimulate Wyoming's economy, and decrease harmful pollution.
• Uranium & Nuclear Fuel Cycle Advocacy Program Works to reduce the impacts of uranium industrial development on Wyoming's landscapes, groundwater, and people.
• Agriculture & Local Foods Program Preserves and enhances agricultural heritage, supports family farmers and ranchers, strengthens rural communities, and builds Wyoming's local foods economy.
• Landowner Resources Service Provides resources and guidance for landowners negotiating oil and gas leases and surface use agreements, including attorney selection tips and Wyoming Split Estate Law information.
• Powder River Breaks Newsletter Periodic newsletter covering topics of interest to Wyoming residents, including updates on coal, oil & gas, renewable energy, agriculture, water quality, and environmental policy. Distributed to members and subscribers.
• Wyoming Voices Storytelling Project A pilot initiative, developed with the University of Wyoming Haub School and facilitated by StoryCenter, using digital storytelling to support Southwest Wyoming communities in transition.
• Reclaiming & Growing Wyoming's Future Webinar Series A four-part webinar series providing education, tools, and resources for a planned transition to a diversified Wyoming economy, covering securitization, funding mechanisms, and economic transition strategies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Powder River joined with WORC and Western Colorado Alliance to advocate for stronger federal onshore oil and gas bonding requirements before the Bureau of Land Management.
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Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core affiliate, core / parent organization, research partner, facilitation partner and campaign partner.

• Alliance for Renewable Energy (ARE)core affiliateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018The Alliance for Renewable Energy is a Powder River affiliate organization since 2018. ARE was founded by local members Monika Leininger and Claire Deuter to work with the City of Laramie on climate action initiatives. ARE has built an impressive track record of supporting renewable energy projects throughout southeastern Wyoming, partnering with local government on grant applications, and educating residents about clean energy through outreach and community events.
• Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC)core / parent organizationStrategic or Co-development PartnerWORC is the parent regional coalition of which Powder River Basin Resource Council is a member. WORC coordinates campaigns across multiple western states and has produced analyses including a detailed assessment of the One Big Beautiful Bill's impacts on Wyoming and neighboring states. Powder River Board member Bob LeResche serves as WORC Chair.
• University of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resourcesresearch partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPowder River partnered with researchers at the University of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources on the Wyoming Voices storytelling project, a pilot initiative examining how storytelling may support communities in transition. The Equality State Research Network at the University of Wyoming provided funding for the project.
• StoryCenterfacilitation partnerTechnology or IntegrationStoryCenter, a non-profit organization specializing in digital storytelling, facilitated the Wyoming Voices project by helping each participant create their personal story and share their unique perspective on living in Southwest Wyoming communities.
• National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)campaign partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPowder River and NPCA partnered on advocacy regarding the Jim Bridger coal plant, jointly calling on EPA to deny a pollution control plan weakening. NPCA focuses on protecting national parks from haze pollution caused by the plant.
• Sierra Clubcampaign partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPowder River joined with Sierra Club to welcome EPA's decision denying changes to the Jim Bridger coal plant pollution control plan. Sierra Club's Lindsay Beebe was quoted supporting EPA's enforcement action. Powder River and Sierra Club also co-commissioned a report on rooftop solar benefits and costs in Wyoming.
• Wyoming Outdoor Councilcampaign partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerWyoming Outdoor Council co-commissioned the Crossborder Energy report on benefits and costs of net metering solar in Wyoming with Powder River and Sierra Club. The two organizations also jointly welcomed the Wyoming Supreme Court ruling on rooftop solar compensation.
• Cheyenne Area Landowners Coalition (CALC)core affiliateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCALC is a Cheyenne-based affiliate of Powder River that works with home and business owners to advocate for increased setbacks and improved measures to mitigate air pollution and quality of life impacts from oil and gas development near neighborhoods.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Idaho Conservation League: Idaho's statewide environmental advocacy nonprofit with comparable grassroots organizing, energy policy advocacy, and member-based funding model; non-overlapping geography but same mission and operating playbook.
• Western Resource Advocates: Multi-state western advocacy organization focused on energy, water, and communities—directly overlapping PRBRC's just-transition, ratepayer protection, and renewable energy programs across neighboring states.
• Montana Environmental Information Center: Montana's oldest citizen environmental advocacy organization; directly comparable state-level organizing, energy-policy litigation, and donor-funded operations across the northern Rockies.

Direct peers

• Northern Plains Resource Council: Sister member organization of the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) operating in Montana. Same community-organizing model focused on coal, oil & gas, and agricultural heritage; identical funding and advocacy structure.
• Wyoming Outdoor Council: Wyoming's other statewide environmental advocacy organization; PRBRC and Wyoming Outdoor Council regularly co-commission rooftop solar reports and jointly welcomed the Wyoming Supreme Court net-metering ruling. Directly comparable mission and geography.
• Dakota Resource Council: Another WORC affiliate operating in North Dakota. Same grassroots energy/agriculture advocacy model, same member-driven structure, and overlapping energy-transition work in coal country.

Broad incumbents

• Sierra Club: Nationwide environmental organization with active Wyoming chapters; co-commissioned the Crossborder Energy rooftop solar report with PRBRC and jointly welcomed the EPA Jim Bridger denial. Larger portfolio, less Powder River Basin specialization.

Emerging players

• Earthworks: National nonprofit focused on oil, gas, and mining impacts on communities and the climate; emerging player that collaborates with local groups like PRBRC on hydraulic fracturing, methane, and mining advocacy.
• Western Watersheds Project: Western U.S. nonprofit focused on protecting public lands, watersheds, and wildlife from grazing, mining, and energy development—an adjacent issue set that overlaps with PRBRC's water and air quality priorities.
• National Parks Conservation Association: Partnered with PRBRC on the Jim Bridger coal plant haze pollution advocacy; a focused national NGO with comparable narrow-issue campaign structure but a different (park-focused) geographic emphasis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCPIXPWzzzPu65iOAvT2crSA
• Facebookfacebook.com/PowderRiverBasinResourceCouncil
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/powder-river-basin-resource-council

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Profiles7 records

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