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Federal legislation is needed to ban the construction of new billboards along federal highways and to empower local governments to remove existing billboards. Trees on public lands should not be removed for the sole purpose of improved billboard visibility. [Res. 14, 1990] The Highway Beautification Act of 1965 should be strengthened through adding provisions that prohibit all new billboards along federal highways and eliminate the practice of cutting trees on public property to improve visibility of billboards. Moreover, in rural areas without zoning, no new billboards should be built, and local governments should be given constitutional means to remove non-conforming billboards. The Department of Transportation should also conduct an annual survey of all billboards along federal highways. [Res. 18, 1998]
Federal Highway programs should include authority and funding to expand efforts to plant trees on suitable rights-of-way (where natural conditions and safety allow planting), with the assistance of state Forestry Departments and allowing the use of donated trees. [Res. 15, 1991] Strips of trees along freeways are preferable to concrete walls, which act as ugly barriers that invite graffiti. Concrete walls don't emit oxygen, counteract toxic fumes, absorb heavy metals, nor add beauty. [Res. 11, 1994]
All states should establish "adopt a highway" programs to keep our highways free of garbage and litter. [Res. 33, 1991]
Such historic buildings as guard stations and fire lookouts on federal lands ought to be retained and repaired in cooperation with local, volunteer organizations, where they could provide emergency shelter, absorb recreational pressures, and serve as visitor centers. [Res. 12, 1993]
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