Missoula’s Open Space Program: Making Missoula a Better Place
Open Space Over Time
• 1980- $500,000 City Open Space Bond
• 1981- Open Space Advisory Committee forms to recommend bond acquisitions
• Kim Willams trail (former Milwaukee RR) & 125 acres on Mt. Jumbo purchased & 501 acres on face of Mt. Sentinel protected with a conservation easement
1 Open Space Over Time Contd.
• 1993- $16,000 Open Space planning pilot project, and City Open Space planning position funded
• 1995- Missoula Urban Area Open Space Plan adopted by both City & County
• 1995- $5 Million City Open Space Bond passed by City voters
KEY: Protected Areas Potential Cornerstones
Existing and Potential Cornerstones: As of 1995
2 Open Space Bond Priorities
• Mount Jumbo • Mount Sentinel • Fort Missoula • South Hills • North Hills • Clark Fork & Bitterroot River Corridors • Recreational playing fields • Community trails
Cornerstone: Mount Jumbo $2 million 1,465 acres 1995-96
3 4 5 Cornerstone: Mt. Sentinel Cox Property $175,000 473 acres April, 2000
6 Mt. Sentinel Backside • 474 Acres $100,000 in P/S with FVLT, FS, & TPL 2002
Conservation Lands: Mt. Sentinel Cox Property
7 Cornerstone: North Hills $580,000 467 acres October, 1996
8 Waterworks Hill (North Hills)
467 Acres $580,000
Randolph Homestead
9 10 Cornerstone: Schilling Property (adjoining the Randolph North Hills Property) $7,000 120 acres December, 1997
11 Agricultural Lands
MASTEL FARM – GRASS VALLEY 343 acres - $90,000 contribution towards conservation easement
12 13 Clark Fork River Corridor Tower Street Conservation Area
14 15 Spring Clean-up Day
Parks: Fort Missoula
16 Cornerstone: Fort Missoula $700,000 97 acres August, 1998
17 The Open Space Bond Supports Missoula’s Trails
• Bitterroot Branch- McCormick Park to Southgate Mall
• Kim Williams Trail- extension to Bonner
• Milwaukee Railroad Trail - McCormick Park to Mullan Road
Bicycle Commuter Network $435,000 1996 - present
18 19 20 Bandmann Flats
Mount Dean Stone- 1998
21 Mount Dean Stone- today
22 23 24 Eastern South Hills
25 South Hills – Mt Dean Stone
North Hills from Hillview Way
26 North Hills from McCormick Park
North Hills from Benson Farms
27 North Hills viewed from Mt. Jumbo
North Hills viewed from Grant Creek
28 N. Hills between Grant Crk & Bulter Crk
29 N. Hills between Butler Crk & Wye
30 31 The “Big Hill” as viewed from Lolo
32 The “Big Hill” from Upper Miller Crk
33 34