When news of the imminent closure of the America's Byways Resource Center came down last year it elicited concern in the scenic byways community that many of the valuable tools created by the Center would be gone for good.  Fortunately, a coalition of byways proponents has stepped forward to ensure that these important tools and resources will remain available to the public.

A new website, Byways101, hosted by the National Scenic Byways Foundation, will continue to offer these tools, publications and resources to byways leaders and the public at large.  Among the available publications is Conserving Our Treasured Places: Managing Visual Quality on Scenic Byways, a guide on the scenic conservation planning process created jointly with Scenic America.

The America's Byways Resource Center closed to the public on June 30 after more than a dozen years of providing support to the scenic byways community.  Scenic America would like to thank the staff of the Resource Center for their hard work and dedication to these special roads.