• Chan SanSan Scenic Backway

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• Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Backway

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• Killdeer Mountain Four Bears Scenic Byway

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• Old Red/Old Ten Scenic Byway

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• Rendezvous Region Scenic Backway

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• Sakakawea Scenic Byway

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• Sheyenne River Valley National Scenic Byway

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• Standing Rock National Native American Scenic Byway

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• Theodore Roosevelt National Park North Unit Scenic Byway

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• Turtle Mountain Scenic Byway

• Definition
• Sponsor Responsibilities
• Designation Process
• Resources
• Partnerships

Sponsor responsibilities prior to designation

• Local sponsors must submit an application to the state for determining if their proposed route is consistent with the goals of the North Dakota Scenic Byways Program. A local sponsor can be any citizen, organization, or business.
• Local sponsors must gain support of the jurisdiction(s) responsible for the roadway. Support from the communities along the route is also beneficial.
• Local sponsors must submit a corridor management plan (CMP) with a scenic byway/backway application.
• Funding for the installation and maintenance of scenic byway/backway route signing will be the responsibility of the local roadway jurisdiction and/or sponsors.
• A local contact must be provided to handle requests for local information from tourists. The local sponsor is responsible for coordination of local scenic byway resources and activities.
• The local sponsor is responsible for development of a local marketing campaign. The state will provide marketing for the statewide Scenic Byways Program as a whole.

Sponsor responsibilities upon designation

• Conduct a byway/backway board meeting at minimum, one time per year. The purpose to confirm board members and stakeholders; set term limits for board members; confirm organization's officers; identify work plan for sustaining and/or enhancing byway/backway.
• Properly install and maintain route signing, state designated signs and where appropriate nationally designated signs along your byway/backway. Signs that need to be replaced should be noted and replaced.
• Attend state byway leader meeting hosted by the North Dakota state byway coordinator. At minimum, one representative of each byway/backway must attend.
• Develop and distribute where appropriate at minimum, one marketing piece (separate from the state byway program's information guide).
• Update partner-access website information for byway/backway attractions and events as requested via the North Dakota Tourism Department.
• Plan and coordinate with North Dakota state byway coordinator to conduct one byway/backway inspection per year to ensure route is accessible and no major concerns exist.
• Submit an annual report, per the request of and to the state byway coordinator, regarding scenic byway/backway economic impacts, enhancements, results of marketing efforts, and corridor management plan implementation.