Why spend a lot of money on radios, el-cheapo Motorola's work great and they weigh next to nothing. Maybe if you are doing remote work with several sp...

You must be BLM, they are the only ones I am aware of that have a nomex requirement. Are there others?

We are hired by the largest phone company in the state to survey their cell towers (often more than once). They pay the going rate and are grateful to...

I'm sitting at the anchorage airport on weather hold out to Dillingham. If I get out there I'll be running some digital levels for a tank farm monitor...

Unfortunatly, I think you are correct that the lack of mentors to help the younger generations of surveyors is going to get worse.

If you are a young, licensed surveyor your long term future is very bright.

Engineers don't get paid more than surveyors in my state

License to Ill was the first cassette tape I ever bought (along with Run DMC). You could call them hip hop, but really they created their own genre.I ...

I much prefer touch screens over push buttons. They are smaller, lighter, and have a bigger screen. With a push-button DC you still have to use a penc...

I could see how a nasty thorny bush could shred a fancy raincoat fast.You are right about Alder, or bastard bush as I call it. That and the devil's cl...

The only weather that keeps us from working is if it snowing so hard or the fog is so dense that you can't sight more than 50 feet throught the gun. O...

Yeterday in Seward I was digging 4-6 foot deep holes in settled snow base looking for corners. The icing on the cake was the 4" of ice to chip through...

I am registered for Tuesday and Friday. can I still go to the Wednesday night social?

My route is along what AAA rated "the most scenic drive in North America" a few years back. On any given day I can, and have seen: 4 separate distinct...