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>>

Order a Front Discovery Guide!
In the summer of 2007, a number of local businesses, the Choteau Chamber of Commerce, and the Coalition worked together to create the Rocky Mountain Front Discovery Guide – which contains a full color map, history, and community contacts along with recreation suggestions and information for hunters, anglers, hikers, packers, birders, or anyone wanting to visit and enjoy the Front. More than 2,700 copies of the Guide have been distributed businesses throughout the Rocky Mountain Front. Receive a copy of the Guide>>

A crown jewel of America’s natural heritage

New Updates

• Update: Federal Energy Issues


• Update: Front Travel Plan


• View RMF federal lease status map (386KB)


• Factsheet: Wildfire on the RMF


• View RMF wildfire suppression map(1.3MB)


• Factsheet: Grazing on the RMF

Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front has long been valued for its abundant wildlife, working ranches, vast open space and quiet vistas. The area’s beauty and natural values are essential to the enjoyment and economic security of local families, Front communities and all of Montana.

The Coalition to Protect the Rocky Mountain Front is an organization of ranchers, hunters, anglers, outfitters, guides, local business owners, Blackfoot Tribal members, public officials, conservationists, and Montanans working to protect the Front. We are dedicated to keeping the Front the way it is now – open and accessible for Montanans to enjoy – while emphasizing traditional uses of the Front such as horse and foot travel.

A mosaic of land-use patterns interlock along Rocky Mountain Front, where working ranches and Native American activities have co-existed with wildlife and high-quality recreation for years.

The Coalition believes protecting the Front is economically beneficial for Montana families and communities because it preserves existing, local jobs in ranching, outfitting, hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation. Keeping the traditional uses of the Front, as well as letting the new economy built around conserving special places develop, is the best way to encourage sustainable local economies. You can make a difference by urging Montana’s congressional delegation to help retire existing leases along the Front.

This Web site is sponsored by three member groups of the Coalition: Montana Wilderness Association; Montana Wildlife Federation; and The Wilderness Society. For more information, contact us.