U.S. House Federal Lands Subcommittee / Ken Cissna, past president of the Benton MacKaye Trail Association based in Cherrylog, Ga., speaks to the U.S. House Federal Lands Subcommittee on July 24 ...

A bipartisan bill led by congressman Steve Cohen seeks to re-designate the Benton MacKaye Trail (BMT) as the nation’s 12th National Scenic Trail, a move that would add federal protection and funding ...

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann introduced the bipartisan Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act, which would authorize a study to designate a 287-mile trail linking Georgia, Tennessee ...

Read Report Issues related to seeking a National Scenic Trail designation for the Benton MacKaye Trail; H.R.7884 - Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Act. Read Report Issues related to seeking a ...

Conservationists and supporters of Southern Appalachia's Benton MacKaye Trail hope the third time's a charm for a bipartisan congressional bill seeking a designation for the footpath as the 12th ...

Benton Mackaye is known as the "inventor" of the Appalachian Trail (AT), but it’s important to understand the historical context behind this achievement. Key factors such as urbanization, competition ...

Benton MacKaye proposed the trail in the days after the tragic death of his wife — "an important walker in her own right." Benton MacKaye was a big dreamer. “Sometimes — in fact, most of the time — ...

The Appalachian Trail stretches more than 2,000 miles from Maine to Georgia. It was the brainchild of an idealistic forester who drew inspiration from a mountaintop in Vermont. In the summer of 1900, ...

Introduction: "Expedition 9" -- The MacKaye Inheritance, 1879-1896 -- From Harvard Yard to the "Primaevial Forest," 1896-1903 -- The Education of a Progressive Forester, 1903-1911 -- Raising Hell, ...