{"id":1868,"date":"2026-01-23T21:14:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scenic.dorsay.io\/?post_type=priorities&#038;p=1868"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:23:33","slug":"scenic-easements-and-view-protection","status":"publish","type":"priorities","link":"https:\/\/scenic.dorsay.io\/index.php\/priorities\/scenic-easements-and-view-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenic Easements and View Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are blessed in Michigan with an abundance of beautiful landscapes and visual assets both in urban and rural areas. While scenery is important to the overall quality of our communities and essential to promoting tourism across our state, scenic vistas and viewsheds are often destroyed during rapid change, both in the natural and built environments. Identification and protection of these assets is an important component of smart growth and scenic stewardship.\u00a0 Scenic Michigan is working to develop resources and guidance for individuals and communities interested in protecting. Please reach out to us with any questions you have.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/issues\/scenic-easements-a-view-protection\">Scenic America\u2019s\u2013 Guidance on Scenic Easements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":799,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-1868","priorities","type-priorities","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scenic Easements and View Protection - Scenic Michigan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scenic.dorsay.io\/index.php\/priorities\/scenic-easements-and-view-protection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scenic Easements and View Protection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are blessed in Michigan with an abundance of beautiful landscapes and visual assets both in urban and rural areas. 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