2013 GreenBelt Awards
Rules and Regs for Landscape Architects
The State of Alaska requires registration to practice as a Professional Landscape Architect (PLA). The five areas that constitute the aspects of Landscape Architecture and require registration to protect the public health, safety and welfare include:
(1) Grading, Clearing or Shaping of Land,
(2) Landscape Irrigation,
(3) Outdoor Planting Plans,
(4) Outdoor Play Apparatus, and
(5) Outdoor Structures.For information regarding licensure in the State please see the following links!
Individual Licensure: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/occ/pub/ael4398.pdf
Business License (LLC, LLP): http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/occ/pub/ael610.pdf
Approved List of Arctic Engineering Courses: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/occ/pub/baac.pdf
Continuing Education (CEU) Requirements: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/occ/pub/CE_Instructions_Engineers.pdf
Coucil of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards: www.clarb.org
2012 Alaska Chapter ASLA Board Transition
The Alaska Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects officially welcomed the 2012-2013 Alaska Chapter Board at the Annual General Social in Anchorage on Friday, October 26th from 6pm-8pm. A special thank you to the departing board members Laura Minski and Kim Graham for their service to the Chapter and the community.
2012-2013 Alaska Chapter ASLA Board:
Trustee: Tamas Deak
President: Jonny Hayes
Past-President: Mark Kimerer
Vice Presidents: John Rowe (Interior), Brent Hove (South Central) ,Michele Elfers (Southeast)
Treasurer: Ed Leonetti
Secretary: Melisa Kennedy Babb
Members at Large: Monique Anderson + Brianne Keifer
Alaska Chapter Academic Scholarship
The ASLA Alaska Chapter is happy to announce that the Academic Scholarship fundraising effort has met its goal. Thanks to chapter membership and firms for their efforts and generosity.
Information about the Academic Scholarship and the application form can be found under the Resources tab.
2012 Changes to L.A.R.E.
CLARB (The Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards) recently announced upcoming changes to the Landscape Architect Registration Examination. A summary of the changes can be found here.
ASLA & NPS-RTCA Partnership
The ASLA AK Chapter Board recently met with the National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program Alaska Region representative, Lisa Holzapfel, to discuss and reiterate support for the national partnership between the ASLA and NPS.
ASLA AK Chapter membership is invited to assist community leaders and NPS-RTCA to continue to advance projects in Alaska awarded assistance by NPS-RTCA. The projects include an opportunity for Landscape Architects to offer input and expertise in a variety of ways and anyone interested in participating is asked to contact Heather Rice at NPS-RTCA.
Summaries of the awarded projects for 2012 and a flier for recently completed projects can be found here.
2011-2012 Alaska Chapter Executive Board
The ASLA AK Chapter extends their warm welcome to each of the new board members and expresses their appreciation for all of the efforts from the outgoing board members.
A special note of thanks to the outgoing Vice President Southeast, Chris Mertl, who has been a member of the board for 15+ straight years.
Calendar
Keep up to date on Alaska Chapter and local events with the updated calendar. A specific focus has been made to ensure our membership is aware of opportunities for Continuing Education Units and chapter gatherings.
The ASLA Alaska Chapter Website
We are the Alaska Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (www.asla.org).
As a small organization, we rely upon the time and contributions of our membership and we are lucky that we are composed of a group of dedicated people. This website is a crucial next step for our chapter in making much of what we have done (and do) more readily available, and also making it easier and more efficient to move ahead with new initiatives. Please provide feedback using the 'contact' icon in the upper right corner.
