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The bill creates a long-distance designated trail that expands outdoor access, local tourism, and conservation recognition while imposing added management costs, local infrastructure and service strains, and potential privacy/land-use concerns for adjacent private landowners.
Residents and visitors gain a new ~280-mile nationally designated trail between the Idaho–Utah border and Nephi, expanding outdoor recreation and access to public lands.
People who live near the trail and local businesses see increased tourism spending from hikers and outdoor recreationists, supporting local economies.
Communities and visitors benefit from conservation and formal recognition of the Bonneville bench's natural and historic features along the corridor.
Rural communities near the trail will face increased visitor traffic that can cause trail/landscape wear, parking pressure, and greater demand on local emergency and public services.
Federal and cooperating agencies (and potentially local governments or taxpayers) may incur new management, maintenance, or grant-related costs to operate and steward the designated trail.
Private landowners adjacent to the trail corridor could experience increased access, privacy, or land-use concerns from higher visitation and trail proximity.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds the Bonneville Shoreline Trail to the National Trails System as an explicitly enumerated trail. The designation describes the trail network as roughly 280 miles following the Bonneville bench from the Idaho–Utah border to Nephi, Utah, and does not change any administration, acquisition, or other authorities for federal agencies.
Adds the Bonneville Shoreline Trail (~280 miles from the Idaho–Utah border to Nephi, UT) to the National Trails System without changing management authorities.
Official title: Amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
Introduced March 26, 2025 by John R. Curtis · Last progress March 26, 2025