The 2009 Manual of Surveying Instructions

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For purchase by the public of the 2009 edition of the Manual of Surveying Instructions,  the Bureau of Land Management has partnered with the Public Land Survey System Foundation (PLSSF) and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM). For information on how to order your copy of the Manual,  visit the PLSSF BLM Survey Manual website at: www.blmsurveymanual.org

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Articles FAQs Manual Presentations

Copies of Agreements

Memorandum of Agreement between the BLM and ACSM.

Charter document for the PLSSF.

Robert W. (Bob) Dahl, Cadastral Surveyor
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Minerals, Realty & Resource Protection Directorate
Division of Lands, Realty & Cadastral Survey (WO-350)
U.S. Postal Mail Address: Mail Stop 1000, 1849 C St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20240
FEDEX, UPS & Street Address: Mail Stop 1000, 1620 L St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036

robert_w_dahl@blm.gov
Voice: (202) 912-7344
Fax: (202) 912-7199

Announcements

Bob Dahl will present on the Manual of Surveying Instructions (2009) at the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) 2010 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, August 18, 2010. For more information visit the NCEES website at: http://www.ncees.org/About_NCEES/Events.php

Bob Dahl and Mary Hartel, Chief Cadastral Surveyor BLM Oregon-Washington State Office will present on the Manual of Surveying Instructions, Resurveys, and Water Boundaries at the 7th Annual Bureau of Land Management-Oregon Institute of Technology Workshop, in Clackamas, Oregon, on November 12, 2010. For more information contact Tim Kent, takent@comcast.net or Kyle Hensley, kyle_hensley@blm.gov.

Bob Dahl and Jim Claflin, Chief Cadastral Surveyor BLM Montana-Dakotas State Office will present on the Manual of Surveying Instructions and the Practice of Land Surveying in South Dakota at the South Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors 28th Annual Convention, Chamberlain, South Dakota, January 13-15, 2011. For more information visit the SDSPLS website at: http://sdspls.org/

Bob Dahl and the BLM Alaska State Office Division of Cadastral Survey will present on the Manual of Surveying Instructions and the Practice of Land Surveying in Alaska at the 45th Annual Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, February 21-25, 2011. For more information visit the AKSMC website at: http://www.aksmc.org/

Bob Dahl and Randy Bloom, Chief Cadastral Surveyor BLM Colorado State Office will present on the Manual of Surveying Instructions and the Practice of Land Surveying in Colorado at the Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado Conference, Denver, Colorado, March 3-5, 2011. For more information visit the PLSC website at: http://www.plsc.net/

Bob Dahl will present on the Manual of Surveying Instructions (2009) - What is New or Changed at the Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors Spring Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 31, 2011. For more information visit the ASPS website at: http://www.arprofessionalsurveyors.com/

Key Reference Material 

Federal Register Notice of Availability - September 24, 2009

Frequently Asked Questions - Next Edition/2009 Manual of Surveying Instructions

Articles - Various published papers, email, general information.

Manual  presentations - Presentations made discussing the Manual of Surveying Instructions (2009) relative to the practice of private land surveying.