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30-May-2010 : High and wild: Diverse groups band together to save Rocky Mountain Front

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-day series on the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act. [read more...]



27-May-2010 : Backers say Front proposal ready for Congress

HELENA — Supporters of the proposed Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act — a bill that would designate approximately 86,000 acres of new wilderness and protect an additional 218,000 acres from most new road construction along the Rocky Mountain Front — say the measure is ready for congressional consideration. [read more...]



09-May-2010 : Protection Tour Coming to Helena

Rick Graetz, renowned Montana publisher and photographer, is bringing his Rocky Mountain Front Protection tour to Helena on May 12. [read more...]



04-Dec-2009 : Poll finds support for Rocky Mountain Heritage Act's Front protection plan

A new survey by a Colorado-based pollster, commissioned by the Wilderness Society, found that Montanans favor, by a 3 to 1 margin, a Rocky Mountain Front conservation plan that includes more wilderness. [read more...]



02-Oct-2009 : Meeting on Front protection draws crowd of 100

About 100 people gathered at the Great Northern Hotel in Helena Thursday night to learn more about a plan to put a new layer of protection to 307,000 acres along the Rocky Mountain Front, plus add 86,000 acres to the Bob Marshall and Scapegoat wilderness areas. [read more...]