I use a turkey baster.

May as well contract with BLM to do a dependent resurvey. Let me know how that works out.

Yes, State Statutes generally direct local agencies to adopt ordinances to regulate development through subdivision pursuant to General Plan guideline...

This sounds like what is termed an "antiquated subdivision" in California. That is, a map prepared prior to the enactment of the Subdivision Map Act ...

I was involved in an "ungrading plan" for the rowing venue at Lake Casitas near Los Angeles after the 1984 Olympics. The site was restored to its pre...

imaudigger, post: 384174, member: 7286 wrote: Sorry to do this to you, but I couldn't resist.....We had a meager dinner. Meat and bread. And beer I h...

Monte,Those are some wild outfits - did that crew just come from a shindig?

Sometimes the Appellates get it right, using common sense and common law principles.I had a law school professor (who was a sitting judge) call the Ju...

The Appellate Court summed up thusly: "The foregoing evidence discloses the surveyor, despite his professional opinion to the contrary, at best commen...

I was scheduled to perform a survey on the Green River just prior to Mt. St. Helens erupting in 1980. It's a good thing I postponed it. The watercou...

There is no patent ambiguity in the description, but there is a latent one - that of the riparian nature of the boundary. That allows for extrinsic e...

That's interesting. I'm only the 24th County Surveyor here since 1850. Three of my predecessors were former GLO deputy surveyors, and they continued s...