The SOS 2000 Campaign is a citizen's initiative to put the billboard issue to a statewide vote on November 7, 2000. Missouri has over 13,500 billboards along its interstates and primary highways. By adopting this resolution, ASLA, a leader in the livable communities initiative, will send a powerful signal that the commercialization of the American landscape is detrimental to a high quality of life and strong, sustainable economic growth. The American Society of Landscape Architects, founded in 1899, represents more than 13,000 members nationwide. Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation.
Landscape architects hold undergraduate or graduate degrees.
They are licensed to practice in 46 states and are required to pass a rigorous national three-day examination.