Working with coalition partners and allied organizations, ASLA Government Affairs helped to successfully move several pieces of parks and recreation legislation through Congress.

Since its passage in 1972, the Clean Water Act’s exact jurisdiction has been unclear. Read this overview and learn how recent developments affect landscape architects working on water and stormwater management projects across the nation.

In this new video, Nancy Somerville, Hon. ASLA, provides an overview of ASLA’s advocacy work so far in 2018 to protect the landscape architecture profession’s interests. According to Somerville, ASLA is constantly promoting and defending laws and regulations that advance the design, planning, and stewardship of the built and designed environment.

ASLA supports the recent introduction of the Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act (H.R. 6515). This legislation would protect state boards, board members, and staffs from private antitrust damage awards in exchange for states agreeing to evaluate the need for occupational licenses against a stated set of criteria.

After more than a century of openness and integration with the surrounding neighborhoods and parks, recently the Smithsonian put forth a plan to restrict access to the National Zoological Park in D.C.

ASLA and the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) co-hosted for the first time a joint Licensure Summit June 22-24, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. Participants included nearly 90 individuals representing over 40 states and Council of Landscape Architectural Board jurisdictions.

ASLA convened an interdisciplinary Blue Ribbon Panel on Climate Change and Resilience and on June 19 released public policy recommendations to secure a sustainable and resilient future through design.

Sens. Kamala Harris (CA) and Chris Murphy (CT) have introduced S.3087, the Living Shorelines Act, legislation that will provide critical funding for our nation’s coastal communities to develop flood-resistant green infrastructure projects that integrate plants and local ecosystems.