Biallas receives this year's ASLA Honorary Membership , which is extended to non-landscape architects who have performed exemplary service to ASLA, made significant contributions to the profession, or contributed to the environment through action, policy, or education. As a program manager of the National Park Service Historic structures and Cultural Landscapes Program, Biallas provides leadership in protecting historic structures and cultural landscapes within the national park system. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the first historic landscape architect position in the National Park Service. 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.