Former Michigan Governor William G. Milliken has written an editorial in the Detroit Free Press regarding efforts by that state's billboard industry to undermine current sign laws:

"As governor, I tried mightily to protect the natural assets that give Michigan its unique identity. But it always seemed sadly ironic that a state so abundant in spectacular beauty and breathtaking vistas was also defiled with such an ugly slew of roadside billboards."

Click here for the entire editorial.  Scenic Michigan is taking the lead in fighting the billboard industry's efforts.   

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Scenic America featured in The New York Times

Dan Barry's weekly New York Times column 'This Land' was recently titled "A Place Just Like Every Other Place. Only Not," and featured an interview with Kevin Fry, Scenic America president, and Brad Cownover, Scenic America's director of conservation services. Click here to view the article.

Fry and Cownover accompanied Barry on a tour of a suburban landscape near Washington, D.C., and discussed the impact of the built environment on the collective human condition. Barry juxtaposes the unique, unforgettable American landscapes he has seen with the "familiar and hideous commercial stretches that all but dare us to guess the state we are in."

Supplementing the column is a fantastic slide show narrated by Kevin Fry.

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