ADVOCACY BY THE NUMBERS: HOW NALP HELPED SHAPE POLICY IN 2017
561
2,000+ messages sent in 2017 to Congress by members using the NALP Advocacy Action Center
number of NALP members that responded to at least one action alert
250+
200+
meetings on Capitol Hill between NALP members and their Congressional offices
meetings with Congressional Offices by NALP’s Public Policy Team
20
19902017
states that NALP directly assisted this year with advocacy issues
27
consecutive years of influencing Congress from NALP’s annual Capitol Hill visits
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232 high priority bills identified and tracked during the 2017 state legislative cycle
50 states that NALP tracks daily to monitor legislative and regulatory activity
6 state associations received 2017 NALP Government Advocacy Program grants
RELENTLESS ADVOCACY NALP is committed to aggressively advocate to advance the advocacy interests of our nation's landscape professionals. But we cannot do it without you. Our members are one of our most valuable resources in the halls of Congress, our nation's statehouses, and at city hall. To learn more about how you can help, contact NALP Vice President of Government Relations Paul Mendelsohn, paul@landscapeprofessionals.org. Join us!
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• Helped lead the effort to unify the industry voice on pesticide and fertilizer regulation • Secured new fertilizer preemption laws in North Dakota and Utah • Defeated Neonic bans in a dozen states • Successfully held off several fertilizer seasonal blackout proposals in Florida • Met with the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs to represent industry interests • Fought efforts to ban or restrict product choice at the local level
• Co-chaired the H-2B Workforce Coalition • Aggressively advocated for 2018 H-2B cap-relief and longterm H-2B program reform that permanently exempts returning workers from the cap • Succeeded in getting cap-relief included in the 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act • Gained the approval of 16,000 additional H-2B visas • Secured introduction of H-2B reform legislation in both houses of congress • Engaged members in H-2B advocacy through action alerts, fly-ins, and social media campaigns
• Conducted high level leadership meetings with key federal agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, the White House’s National Economic Council, and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs • Fought to overturn restrictions on turf grass use in our nation’s design and building codes and regulations • Collaborated on advocacy with industry association leaders and other stakeholders in 20 states, and provided financial support in several others • Actively partnered in over a dozen industry related coalition efforts