Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-07-29 — Bay Area Ridge National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act: cross-connection with national-scenic-trail-feasibility-studies: Both are pending Senate ENR feasibility-study authorizations for prospective National Scenic Trail designations, following the same statutory pathway under the National Trails System Act. (novelty: 2)
2025-10-27 — Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025: S.1376 (119th Congress), the Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025, directs the U.S. Forest Service to study feasibility of designating the ~287-mile trail across Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina as a national scenic trail; introduced, no new regulatory mechanism. (novelty: 2)