Scenic View Protection

This guide provides information on identifying and evaluating scenic resources. Following a brief introduction on why scenic resources are important, it provides a five-step process: organizing the project, understanding the regional landscape, identifying intrinsic resources, determining scenic value, and developing an action plan. Additionally, it includes an explanation of standard tools used for scenic resource inventories, examples of scenic quality criteria, and a case study of a scenic preservation planning process in Guildford, CT.