Advocacy News

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House panel advances transit bill preserving key bike/walk funds but cutting climate, planning, and equity programs nationwide.

PLA Day, proclamations, and member participation helped raise the visibility of landscape architecture during WLAM 2026.

Take ASLA’s 5-minute survey by May 27 to help shape federal and state advocacy priorities for the profession.

ASLA backs WISE Act to dedicate 20% of Clean Water funds to sustainable projects, boosting water quality and resilience.

How does federal funding for active infrastructure affect your work? Weigh in today! 

ASLA urged NCPC to reject White House project; despite approval, court halted work over preservation review concerns.

Congress is deciding the future of active transportation funding. Tell your legislators to protect biking and walking paths and trails.

ASLA + CLARB Licensure Web Summit: March 18, 3 PM ET. Join us for updates on legislative and professional reform.

ASLA reviewed the proposed White House East Wing modernization and ballroom project.

ASLA urges DOE to recognize landscape architecture as a professional degree and warns loan caps could limit future workforce.

Celebrate World Landscape Architecture Month 2026. Explore ways to participate and apply to be the WLAM Ambassador.

ASLA Chapters lead State Advocacy Days, showing why proactive capitol visits protect licensure and advance public policy.

ASLA opposes EPA repeal of Endangerment Finding; landscape architects use science to protect health and climate resilience.

Learn how ASLA is supporting legislation to keep our public lands accessible to all. 

As landscape architects weigh in, ASLA is sharing resources for navigating current operational and workforce challenges.

See how ASLA is supporting legislation aimed at protecting access to graduate education for landscape architects.

ASLA’s Pulse Poll asks members to share how immigration enforcement is affecting their business operations.

ASLA opposes move to gut protections for wetlands and streams. 

ASLA reviews 2025 state legislative wins, licensure defenses, and previews key advocacy priorities for 2026.

See how ASLA is innovating through leveraging Artificial Intelligence.

Learn what a new federal bill to limit annual federal loans may mean for landscape architects 

Learn about updates to our Agriculture and Air Quality policies.

This program, hosted by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, consolidates $119 million in funding from multiple federal agencies and the private sector to enable recipients to develop large-scale land and water projects.