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Last updated: 04/04/03
For release December 23, 1996
Contact: David Quick, 202/452-5138
Donald A. Buhler of the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office has been selected as the Lead Land Surveyor for the BLM's Cadastral Survey Program. Buhler will serve as the national and international authority for Federal cadastral survey activities, including the Bureau's geographic coordinate data base, survey automation and geodetic functions.
Don, a 20-year employee of the BLM and a native of Wendell, Idaho, received his formal education from the University of Utah, University of Arizona, and the University of Wisconsin. His professional experiences include surveying work for the BLM, U.S. Forest Service, and the National Park Service, among others; he also participated in the survey of the Alaska Railroad. Some of the positions he has occupied for the Utah State Office were geodesist, Geographic Coordinate Database Manager, Cadastral Survey Branch Chief, and Geographic Sciences Leader.
Buhler will head the cadastral survey program, which oversees the maintenance and propagation of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), including all Federal interest lands, Native lands, and 30 states. The rectangular grid system is used as a basis for legal and land descriptions and becomes part of the permanent land records of the United States. In addition, the cadastral survey program is also the main architect of the building of the geographic coordinates of the PLSS, which is the foundation of geographic information systems in both the public and private arena.
Buhler will work in Washington, D.C. under the BLM Assistant Director of Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection,with the Land and Realty Group (202-452-7744).
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