YourVoice.Now Summary
Nothing changes for hikers — the government would spend a year studying whether to name the Benton MacKaye Trail a national scenic trail.
The details
If you hike the Benton MacKaye Trail, your next trip would not change. The trail stays open and marked, just as it is today. The only new step here is a study. The Agriculture Department would get one year to study whether the 287-mile trail should be named a national scenic trail. That is the label the Appalachian Trail already carries. The trail runs through Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Volunteers have built and kept it up since 1980. About 95 percent of it already sits on federal land, which Congress says keeps upkeep cheap. The findings would go back to Congress. Naming the trail would take a separate vote later.
Congressional Summary
Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025 This bill requires the Forest Service to study the feasibility of designating the Benton MacKaye Trail as a national scenic trail. The trail traverses approximately 287 miles in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-10-27
- Date Added
- 2026-07-28
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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