The
Rocky Mountain Front is a somewhat unified geologic and ecosystem area in
North America where the eastern slopes of the
Rocky Mountains meet the
plains. In 1983, the
Bureau of Land Management called the Rocky Mountain Front "a nationally significant area because of its high wildlife, recreation, and scenic values". Conservationists Gregory Neudecker, Alison Duvall, and James Stutzman have described the Rocky Mountain Front as an area that warrants "the highest of conservation priorities" because it is largely unaltered by development and contains "unparalleled" numbers of wildlife.