On August 7, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt submitted a report to Congress and the president that highlights the progress and accomplishments under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) during 2016.

“ASLA is deeply concerned with the executive order’s roll back of the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS). This order ignores both existing risks of flooding and future impacts of climate change, thereby increasing the risk of loss of property and lives.”

The urgent need to do more to protect our nation’s pollinators gained the spotlight during a June 21 congressional briefing and evening reception as part of Pollinator Week 2017. ASLA’s Government Affairs team hosted the events in cooperation with the Pollinator Partnership.

“ASLA is extremely concerned with President Trump’s proposed federal budget, which makes draconian cuts at a time when our country should be making increased investments in the resilience and health of our communities.”

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and its members have spoken loud and clear: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must reconsider its recent actions.

In recent months, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) launched the newly-created Economic Liberty Task Force (ELTF) under the direction of Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen.

ASLA Advocacy Day 2017, the Society’s premier federal advocacy event, brought 178 advocates, including 18 students from across the nation, to Capitol Hill. Participants attended congressional meetings with their legislators to raise the visibility of the profession among policy makers and their staffs.

Late last week, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending package that will fund the federal government and its programs for fiscal year FY 2017, through September 30, 2017.