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"ASLA believes that the public interest is best served by a collaborative place-based process that continues to produce federal projects that reflect the unique needs and values of each community and its citizens." - President Wendy Miller, FASLA

The TREES Act incentivizes tree-planting programs that bring down energy consumption while sequestering excess carbon that exacerbates the climate crisis.

"ASLA strongly opposes any attempts by the administration to weaken the NEPA... Weakening those protections in the midst of the global climate crisis is completely irresponsible," said Wendy Miller, FASLA, President of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

To better protect the licensure of landscape architects and the public they serve, ASLA has joined the Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing (ARPL).

ASLA sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, asking them to include the policy recommendations contained in ASLA’s Smart Policies for Changing Climate Report.