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Large-scale CO surveys define the Galactic distribution, structure, and dynamics of the mass reservoir available for star formation. New FCRAO surveys of 12CO and 13CO J=1-0 emission in the Outer Galaxy and Cygnus/Vulpecula regions, combined with the FCRAO Outer Galaxy survey and BU-FCRAO Galactic Ring Survey, have now completed contiguous 45" coverage of the Galaxy's molecular clouds between l=18 and l=192. I will describe recent results and future prospects for the analysis of the Outer Galaxy clouds, with emphasis on an uninterrupted 20 kpc view of the Perseus Spiral Arm at sub-pc resolution.
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