Photo of Shenandoah Mountain taken from Reddish Knob. Photo by Danny Kean, The Traveling Piano Man. The Senate Committee on Agriculture voted on Sept. 16 to advance the Agricultural Act of 2026 (Farm Bill 2.0) to the Senate floor by a vote of 12-11 along party lines.
According to The Wild Line, "The bill weakens pesticide safety standards, cuts funding for conservation programs like EQIP and CSP, and grants sweeping forestry exemptions from environmental review, but its forestry title also adds more than 100,000 acres of new wilderness across the Shawnee, Ouachita, and George Washington-Jefferson National Forests, plus a feasibility study for a Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail spanning Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina."
The Farm Bill now awaits full Senate debate and eventual conference committee reconciliation with the House-passed version.
According to The Wild Line, "The bill weakens pesticide safety standards, cuts funding for conservation programs like EQIP and CSP, and grants sweeping forestry exemptions from environmental review, but its forestry title also adds more than 100,000 acres of new wilderness across the Shawnee, Ouachita, and George Washington-Jefferson National Forests, plus a feasibility study for a Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail spanning Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina."
The Farm Bill now awaits full Senate debate and eventual conference committee reconciliation with the House-passed version.
Yes, the Shenandoah Mountain NSA is really in the Farm Bill!
Excerpt from the 2026 Farm Bill 2.0.
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