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NALP is pleased to announce that Dr. Barry Troutman will serve as its new Technical Advisor.Ā
A pollinator health bill that would place significant limitations on the use of neonicotinoids (neonics) was recently introduced in the Connecticut legislature.
In recent weeks we have reported several times on the ongoing leaf blower dialogue in Brookline, Massachusetts. For several years now the community has been exploring restrictions on leaf blower use. This week, the issue was once again a topic of debate and many landscape professionals showed up to present their side of the issue […]
NALP has launched LoveYourLandscape.org, a new website, as the cornerstone of its national consumer outreach efforts orchestrated by the Industry Growth Initiative (IGI).
On Friday,Ā Feb. 19, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that they are instituting an Emergency Procedures Program to address the current processing backlog of H-2B Visa applications in the Chicago National Processing Center (NPC).Ā
To keep members better informed on advocacy activities, NALP recently added an issue dashboard to their advocacy webpage. The new tool will help members more easily follow the issues on which NALP is working, where activity is occurring, and what they can do to help. It provides members the opportunity to conveniently and easily get […]
City officials in Miami Beach, Florida, unexpectedly scheduled discussion on a proposed ordinance to āprohibit contractors from using Roundup and other chemicals labeled as carcinogens in public spaces.ā However, the discussion was postponed as a result of industry outreach to the city to address claims that contractor use of glyphosate (the main ingredient in Roundup) […]
The recent unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may complicate legal strategies related to opposing the implementation of the āWaters of the United Statesā provisions (WOTUS). As previously reported, the controversial WOTUS measure is on hold pending resolution of several court challenges. Scalia was expected to be a key vote in striking the […]
A divided Sonoma, California, City Council voted 3ā2 on February 17 to direct city staff to create an ordinance that will ban gas-powered leaf blowers within the city limits. The city also debated whether to completely prohibit any type of leaf blower use, but in the end reached a compromise that will allow use of […]
We were very happy recently to receive a letter of appreciation from the Federal Jobs Corp program expressing their thanks for our help in aligningĀ its landscape training programs to industry standards. The Tongue Point Jobs Corp Center, Astoria, Oregon, shared a success story from one of its graduates who is now working in the industry. […]
