National Preservation Conference
Saint Paul, Minnesota
October 2-6, 2007

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Trails and Scenic Byways Coordinator, Nathan Caldwell, participated in a panel at the 2007 National Preservation Conference in Saint Paul, Minnesota from October 2-6, entitled Partnerships for Historic and Cultural Preservation along Scenic Byways. The presentation was organized and sponsored by the America's Byways® Resource, and also featured presentations by Bonnie Hundreiser, a Byways Specialist from the ABRC, Glenn Harper from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office and the National Road Byway in Ohio, and Mark Anderson, the Scenic Byways and Transportation Enhancement programs manager for Minnesota Department of Transportation. Click the logo below for a link to his presentation "Lewis and Clark Never Saw a Tumbleweed." (2.2 M PDF)

Two photographs - one of the skyline of Saint Paul, Minnesota and one of the skyline of Minneapolis, Minnesota

The National Preservation Conference is sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The next Conference is in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October 21-25, 2008. It plans to feature a track on Scenic Byways and Historic Roads. To get more information on the 2008 or the 2007 conference, or to propose a field or education session for 2008, follow this link, http://www.nthpconference.org


If you have any question about scenic byways you can contact Bob Bini of the Federal Land Highway Program in the Federal Highway Administration at (202) 366-9491, or by e-mail at Robert.Bini@dot.gov You can also contact Nathan Caldwell of the Fish and Wildlife Service at (703) 358-2205, or by e-mail at Nathan_Caldwell@fws.gov.