2025-2026 Federal & State Legislative Priorities Survey

Make your voice heard! Take a moment to complete the biennial Federal & State Legislative Priorities Survey. As the national voice for the landscape architecture profession, ASLA wants to hear from you on what you think are the most important policy issues.

ASLA works with chapters, state and federal legislators, regulatory bodies, and more to advance policies critical to the profession. The purpose of this short survey is twofold:

To formulate ASLA’s federal legislative priorities for the 119th Congress (2025-2026)
To provide useful data to help guide chapters' state legislative priorities and advocacy efforts

Please read all questions carefully and your ASLA Government Affairs team thanks you in advance for your responses!

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* 1. How important is climate change policy to you, personally?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not so important

Not at all important

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How important is climate change policy to your professional projects?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not so important

Not at all important

Other (please specify)

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* 3. At the state level, ASLA should prioritize promotion and defense of Licensure.

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Please rank the following issues based on importance to the profession, with #1 being the most important (arrange the issues using either the arrows or the click-and-drag feature)

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* 5. From the following list of policy issues, please select your top 5 issues based on importance to your employment opportunities (with #1 being the most important)

	1	2	3	4	5
Agriculture, including urban farming	Agriculture, including urban farming 1	Agriculture, including urban farming 2	Agriculture, including urban farming 3	Agriculture, including urban farming 4	Agriculture, including urban farming 5
Biodiversity and habitat maintenance	Biodiversity and habitat maintenance 1	Biodiversity and habitat maintenance 2	Biodiversity and habitat maintenance 3	Biodiversity and habitat maintenance 4	Biodiversity and habitat maintenance 5
Climate change and resiliency	Climate change and resiliency 1	Climate change and resiliency 2	Climate change and resiliency 3	Climate change and resiliency 4	Climate change and resiliency 5
Equity and environmental justice	Equity and environmental justice 1	Equity and environmental justice 2	Equity and environmental justice 3	Equity and environmental justice 4	Equity and environmental justice 5
Federal lands and national parks	Federal lands and national parks 1	Federal lands and national parks 2	Federal lands and national parks 3	Federal lands and national parks 4	Federal lands and national parks 5
Historic preservation	Historic preservation 1	Historic preservation 2	Historic preservation 3	Historic preservation 4	Historic preservation 5
Housing and community development	Housing and community development 1	Housing and community development 2	Housing and community development 3	Housing and community development 4	Housing and community development 5
Licensure	Licensure 1	Licensure 2	Licensure 3	Licensure 4	Licensure 5
Parks and recreation	Parks and recreation 1	Parks and recreation 2	Parks and recreation 3	Parks and recreation 4	Parks and recreation 5
Public engagement	Public engagement 1	Public engagement 2	Public engagement 3	Public engagement 4	Public engagement 5
Scenic management	Scenic management 1	Scenic management 2	Scenic management 3	Scenic management 4	Scenic management 5
Small business	Small business 1	Small business 2	Small business 3	Small business 4	Small business 5
STEM	STEM 1	STEM 2	STEM 3	STEM 4	STEM 5
Transportation design and planning	Transportation design and planning 1	Transportation design and planning 2	Transportation design and planning 3	Transportation design and planning 4	Transportation design and planning 5
Water and stormwater management	Water and stormwater management 1	Water and stormwater management 2	Water and stormwater management 3	Water and stormwater management 4	Water and stormwater management 5

Other (please specify)

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* 6. All public projects utilized some form of public funding/financing. Please select all federal and state programs that fund your projects:

Brownfields Program (EPA)

Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (HUD)

Clean/Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Funds

Community Development Block Grants

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Program

Great Lakes Initiative

Historic Preservation Fund

Recreational Trails Program

Land and Water Conservation Fund

National Endowment for the Arts

Safe Routes to School

Scenic Byways Program

Surface Transportation Block Grants Set-Aside

Sustainable Community Challenge Grants

TIGER/BUILD/RAISE – Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity

Urban and Community Forestry Programs

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers programs

I do not work on any public projects

I do not know

Other (please specify all state-level funding programs or federal programs not listed above)

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* 7. How often do you work on public engagement and/or visioning with small, rural, or underserved communities?

3-5 times a year

1 per year

1 every other year

Not at all

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Membership Category

Full

Associate

Student

Affiliate

Corporate

Honorary ASLA

I am not an ASLA member

2025-2026 Federal & State Legislative Priorities Survey

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* 1. How important is climate change policy to you, personally?

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* 2. How important is climate change policy to your professional projects?

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* 3. At the state level, ASLA should prioritize promotion and defense of Licensure.

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* 4. Please rank the following issues based on importance to the profession, with #1 being the most important (arrange the issues using either the arrows or the click-and-drag feature)

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* 5. From the following list of policy issues, please select your top 5 issues based on importance to your employment opportunities (with #1 being the most important)

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* 6. All public projects utilized some form of public funding/financing. Please select all federal and state programs that fund your projects:

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* 7. How often do you work on public engagement and/or visioning with small, rural, or underserved communities?

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* 8. Membership Category

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* 9. ASLA Chapter

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* 10. Your State