Once completed and approved, the records enter the permanent collection at the Library of Congress. HALS places students and professionals with experts in the fields of history, landscape architecture, and related disciplines on intensive, on-site recording projects. These projects produce invaluable documentation while training future professionals in the work of landscape documentation. HALS encourages partnerships with private, government and educational institutions to develop landscape documentation and encourage landscape preservation. View of Lower Terrace Pool at Meridian Hill Park.
Historic landscapes are special places.
They are important touchstones of national, regional, and local identity. They foster a sense of community and place. Historic landscapes are also fragile places. They are affected by the forces of nature, and by commercial and residential development, vandalism and neglect. They undergo changes that are often unpredictable and irreversible.