Help keep the Front the way it is now! Increasingly, important habitat along the Rocky Mountain Front is under pressure from the subdivision of private land for residential development. Conservation easements have proven to be a valuable tool for protecting wildlife and a traditional way of life by leaving land in private ownership. However, in order to capitalize on the gains already made, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is in need of renewed funding to purchase additional conservation easements in the coming years. Learn how you can help this important program>>
Travel Plan for the Rocky Mountain Front Released!
The Coalition applauded the Forest Service for its plan that protects wildlife while emphasizing traditional uses on the Front. On October 1st, the Lewis and Clark released a final Travel Plan for the lower two-thirds of the Rocky Mountain Front covering roughly 390,000 acres, excluding the Badger-Two Medicine area. The Plan will guide all travel, recreation, and other uses on the Front for the next two decades, specifying routes for hikers and horseback riders, snowmobiles and off-road vehicles (ORVs) ...more>

On the Front > Visiting the Rocky Mountain Front

Choteau Court House

Choteau, the seat of Teton County, is one of the oldest communities in north central Montana, first settled by Anglo pioneers in the 1870s. It is a good start for a tour of the Rocky Mountain Front and its other rural communities, such as Augusta, Bynum, Dupuyer and Browning, the tribal seat of the Blackfeet Nation. On this page you will learn about places to stay and things to do, where to find outfitters and guides, and how to access the Front’s backcountry. Take a Wilderness Walk with the Montana Wilderness Association, visit museums and shops in Choteau and Browning, stay in one of the Front’s many guest ranches. The links below will help you get started.

Choteau Chamber of Commerce
1-800-823-3866

Teton County

Choteau Acantha (weekly newspaper)

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, North Central Region
(406) 454-5840

Lewis and Clark National Forest, Rocky Mountain Division
Choteau, district ranger, 406-466-5341
Augusta, information station, 406-562-3247

Blackfeet Nation

Glacier National Park

Travel Montana

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