Greetings from the PLSS Foundation panel. We appreciate you taking the time to visit our new website.

Years ago, the foundation was created through a partnership between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). Our overarching mission was (and remains!) to support the education of the survey profession in proper legal procedures associated with retracing PLSS surveys and other Federal boundaries. Equally important, our group is meant to assist the BLM in carrying out its mandated mission of protecting and maintaining the PLSS.

Simply put, we exist to aid the surveying and mapping professions as they engage with the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) and boundary surveying in general. Our new website was designed to address several founding goals, per our charter:

*The creation of a single point of contact for surveyors in the United States for knowledge and information about the PLSS;

*To fund educational opportunities, scholarships, and other training for the improvement of the survey profession as it relates to PLSS issues;

*To fund projects for research or special efforts related to PLSS issues; and

*To publish additional BLM materials which are of interest to the private and public sector surveying community but for which BLM has no budget to produce.

We’re confident that this website will allow us to make significant progress towards achieving these goals and invite your participation and feedback as we proceed.