The American Society of Landscape Architects is working with Congress to ensure the National Park Service has the funding necessary to effectively support nationally significant landscapes.

Federal Advocacy

The Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS): Congressman Russ Carnahan (MO) and 31 of his colleagues sent a letter on April 3, 2009 to the Subcommittee on Interior and the Environment Appropriations making a programmatic request for $800,000 for the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS), a program within the National Park Service. This request for HALS would put the program on par with its counterpart programs: the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). Learn more. 

Previous Years: Congressman Russ Carnahan (MO), along with 25 other Members of the House of Representatives sent a letter on March 17, 2008 to the House Interior Appropriations subcommittee requesting $800,000 in funding for fiscal year 2009.

Public Policies

Memorials (pdf)
National Parks (pdf)
Preservation of Historic Sites, Districts, and Landscapes (pdf)
Public Lands (pdf)
Rural Landscapes (pdf)
Security Design (pdf)
State, Regional and Local Parks (pdf)
Urban Growth and Development (pdf)
Visual Resources (pdf)

See full list of ASLA Public Policies 

General Resources 
 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 
Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation
Historic American Buildings Survey 
Historic American Engineering Record 
Library of Congress
National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers 
National Center for Preservation Technology & Training
National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers 
National Landscape Conservation System 
National Park Service Historic Landscape Initiative 
National Preservation Institute 
National Trust for Historic Preservation 
Preservation Action
The Cultural Landscape Foundation
The Trust for Public Land