Besides offering a competitive economic benefit from increased worldwide recognition, National Scenic Trails receive federal funding for maintenance and administration.
A pair of bipartisan bills seeking to designate the almost-300-mile-long Benton MacKaye Trail in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina a National Scenic Trail have been introduced for the first time in both the U.S. House and Senate.
Bipartisan bills introduced in the U.S. House and Senate seek to designate the Benton MacKaye Trail in the Southern Appalachian Mountains as a National Scenic Trail, marking a historic effort with support from lawmakers in both houses of Congress.