RESPEC scientists and engineers assisted The Trust for Public Land in planning, designing, and constructing the restoration of this site. Because of its unique location, this site offers a rare and remarkable opportunity to combine ecological restoration with multiple community benefits to residents and the city of Bozeman. In the past century, the expansive riverine and wetland ecosystem was first transformed to support the Story Mill agricultural hub, including a mill and granary, stockyard, slaughterhouse, stock pastures, and a pond. The proposed 54-acre Story Mill Community Park is located at the confluence of Bozeman Creek and East Gallatin River and includes over 1/2 mile of the East Gallatin River. Big thanks to City of Bozeman, Gallatin County, Western Transportation Institute, US Forest Service, Federal Highway Administration, Montana Department of Transportation, and Collin’s Coalition for coming together to connect our community to our public lands.The Trust for Public Land is endeavoring to create a new community park in the northeastern corner of Bozeman, Montana. Trail enthusiasts will love the great ride, run, or walk along the path and reduced parking congestion at two of Bozeman’s most popular trailheads.Īs with any trail project, this path would not have been possible without a team of partners. We are currently working on a Front Street Connector Project, closing a critical connection that will connect the east/west path along Oak St., across Rouse and into the Story Mill Spur Trail.
The path provides trail connectivity to the new Story Mill Community Park, Depot Park, Story Mill Spur Trail, Glen Lake Rotary Park (East Gallatin Recreation Area), Cherry River and the entire north side of Bozeman. The new path extends up on the north side of Bridger Drive from Creekwood to the M Trail with a new pedestrian bridge across the creek and an underpass between the Drinking Horse and M trailheads. It crosses Bridger Drive at Creekwood Drive and remains on the northside of the road. The 2.1 mile route runs along the south side of Bridger Drive from Story Mill Road to the end of the Headlands subdivision. After considerable effort, community support, and patience during construction, the Path to the M and Drinking Horse opened October 26, 2019. The City of Bozeman and the Federal Highway Administration have been hard at work ever since, planning a route, negotiating trail easements, and working with a contractor on construction. After securing funding from FLAP, GVLT submitted a proposal on behalf of the Path to the M and Drinking Horse project to the TOP program and $675,000 was awarded to match federal dollars for the project. In 2012, GVLT and partners advocated for a $15 million Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOP) Bond which was overwhelmingly approved by voters. The grant was approved and allocated $3.4 million to the construction of the path. In 2013, GVLT rallied partners to apply for a grant through the Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) to fund a bicycle and pedestrian path from Bozeman to the Bridger Mountains, accessing the the Forest Service’s M Trail and Fish and Wildlife Service’s Drinking Horse Trail. Big, visionary projects like this take many years and many partners to complete. The much anticipated Path to the M and Drinking Horse is open! This important connection from town to our public lands to the north has been in the works for years.
Path to the M and Drinking Horse Now Open
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