Beartooth Front Community Forum

01/27/2026

The annual meeting that had previously been scheduled for tonight, January 27th, is postponed. We will provide a new event date soon.

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01/13/2026

In June 2022, heavy rains and rapidly melting snow led to historic flooding in the Upper Yellowstone River Basin. Swollen rivers forced the evacuation of 10,000 visitors in Yellowstone National Park, while devastating critical infrastructure like bridges and roads, including the North Entrance Road between Gardiner and Mammoth Hot Springs.

Now, the National Park Service is asking for public input on an environmental assessment it released with the Federal Highway Administration outlining options for a new permanent alignment for the North Entrance Road. The assessment outlines the environmental consequences for each option, including the potential effects on wildlife. The alternative reconstruction plans are now open for public comment through February 4, 2026.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/45Bzm8g
Photo courtesy NPS

08/30/2025

We hope you had the chance to visit our booth at the Fun Run today. Great work to all of the participants!

There is still time to donate to BFCF through this week and have your donations matched. Your contributions support community forums that inform and ignite change.

08/26/2025

Remember to consider the The Beartooth Front Community Forum (BFCF) in your charity donations for the Red Lodge Fun Run for Charities this weekend!

BFCF is a grassroots, nonpartisan organization. We sponsor community forums to educate, share information, promote thoughtful, constructive dialogue, and encourage engagement on issues affecting our community, Carbon County, and the Beartooth Front. The objective of our community forums is to explore issues or topics in depth, identify areas of consensus, foster future community actions and projects that achieve widely held goals.

08/24/2025

08/24/2025

08/01/2025

We hope that BFCF is on your list of nonprofits to donate to for this year's Fun Run for Charities!

Funds will allow us to cover the cost of the forum venue and travel expenses for speakers with expertise in the topic or issue being addressed. We sponsor one or two community forums each year.

03/26/2025

09/01/2022

Please consider donating to the Beartooth Front Community Forum during the Fun Run!

Beartooth Front Community Forum focuses on public education and involvement, and particularly seeks to promote thoughtful, constructive dialogue on issues affecting the region.

The Beartooth Front Community Forum (BFCF) will continue to promote community discussions about the future along the Beartooth Front through the “Outlook 2030: Planning for Change” series. Sponsor a community-wide forum to engage in discussion around growth-related topics and weigh tools and solutions to mitigate the impacts.

Each of our 2021/2022 webinars engaged 30-60 people. Because of these webinars, there is a greater awareness in the community of issues we face when managing and planning for growth and the resultant impacts on our quality of life.

Due to the continuation of COVID, all forums were held as webinars. We hope to return to an in-person, community-wide forum this fall discussing community resiliency and adaptation to rapid growth and environmental changes. Contributed funds would cover expenses associated with in-person forums, such as conference room rental, complimentary food and beverages, keynote speaker expenses, and possible continuation of educational webinars in 2023.