Landscape architects have a long history and successful track record of planning and designing federal infrastructure projects that simultaneously protect the environment and help to safeguard threatened communities. This action by the administration, which ignores overwhelming public opposition, is completely unjustified and violates core principles of federal rulemaking.
ASLA submitted comments strongly opposing this rules change when it was first proposed, and we continue to oppose this assault on the critical environmental protections in NEPA. Congress must step in under its powers spelled out in the Congressional Review Act to overturn this rule before it’s too late.