After hundreds of thousands of dollars, hours and steps on the trail, the Open Lands Plan’s first phase is ready

It’s been almost two years since the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Open Lands Plan Steering Committee started meeting to help develop local trails in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, and now they’re seeing their labors come to fruition with the completion of the Copper Link Trail and the Stucky Ridge trail system. The Copper Link Trail runs between Sunnyside Road and Birch Street, and the Stucky Ridge trail system is located near Cedar Park Lanes. The project is funded through a $13.3 million settlement between the State of Montana and Atlantic Richfield Company in 2008. That settlement money is allocated to restoration and…