The nine Montana Conservation Corps crew members that worked on the connection trail last week. Three other volunteers from ROCKS, Jim Fulton and his wife Carol and Jim McLean, helped as well.
The Montana Conservation Corps crew put in the trail tread by hand. They also dug a ditch.
PLACID LAKE – This past week, the Montana Conservation Corps and Seeley Lake ROCKS volunteers connected the Lake View Trail near the west end of Placid Lake to Tuppers Lake. This is another link in the Placid Lake Trails that ROCKS has been working on for the past several years.
ROCKS worked in close coordination with The Nature Conservancy and MCC to build the connector trail. While it is less than a tenth of a mile, the entire connector was put in by hand which included digging a ditch. The project was funded through the 2020 Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant ROCKS received from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
"ROCKS is extremely grateful for the opportunity to create these trails on TNC land. MCC is also a terrific partner for TNC and for ROCKS," wrote ROCKS past president Jim McLean. "Obviously, the funding we get from RTP/FWP is essential. In the past three years, these valuable partners have helped ROCKS build over 12-miles of trails between Highway 83, to Placid Lake and to Tuppers Lake."
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