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The Nevada Board of Registration also indicated their interest in a Please let me know if you are interested in helping or sponsoring
“ Right of Entry” bill for surveyors. an upcoming presentation! Trig-Star sponsor’s support for the
2023 Trig-Star season would cost $175 to sponsor the Trig-Star
WESTERN FEDERATION FORMED cash awards for the 1st, 2 and 3rd place winners and provide the
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Delegates from twelve western states met on January 12, 1980, plaque (with the sponsor’s name on it) for the 1st place winner.
at the MGM Hotel in Reno to formally It’s great to be a part of these presentations!
incorporate the Western Federation of Professional Land
Surveyors. The signing came after eleven Lastly, let’s look at what else is in store for this edition.
months of negotiations between the member states who met
initially at Lake Tahoe in early 1979. We are back with another article from The Digital Mapper. We
receive an update from Mr. Detwiler Technological Challenges That
West-Fed was formed by the twelve charter land surveyor Face the Land Surveying Profession
associations of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Carl has written an insightful article on the subject of the Anatomy
Wyoming. The association’s purpose was to provide a unified of a Conspiracy and Occupational Licensing. Let me know your
voice for the land surveyor in matters of western concern. Some thoughts on Occupational Licensing. It has been a hot topic for
of the issues already addressed by the new group include the the last 10 years, and will be for many years to come! Carl also
re-organization of ACSM, the need for a national surveyors provided a new article on the Evolution of The Nevada Traverse.
association, the Surface Mining Act, and the problem of
competitive bidding for professional services. Paul Pace has a fantastic article on the life of an Entrepreneur,
Rancher, State Legislator, and Nevada’s Surveyor General –
Officers of the new group are: Andrew Jackson Hatch. We have some amazing history here in
James Potter (Idaho) ... Chairman Nevada, and Paul does another excellent job with all his research
Robert Cray (Washington) … Vice Chairman when it comes to historical figures. I really hope you all enjoy this
Thomas Harvey (Utah) … Secretary one, I did!
Jerry Tippen (California) ... Treasurer
CSN Update: Lastly, I picked a couple of articles from the archives of 30 and 40
Dr. Sims met with the Great Basin College on March 2 to get the years ago that are still some sore subjects all these years later. It
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final approval needed from all of the higher education programs is unfortunate that we continue to talk about the same problems
in Nevada. This was the last hurdle needed to get the program 50 years later.
going. Although GBC higher-ups were not supportive of the As always, please send in your comments or articles so that what
program being started, they also will not block the program from we print is what you want to read! Articles for the next edition
being started. So, the following steps are to set up a meeting on are due on May 1 , please. Every man owes a part of his time and
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Campus with Dr. Sims in April. If you are interested in helping this money to the business or industry in which he is engaged. No man
committee, please let me know! More to come on this; another has the moral right to withhold his support from an organization
update will be provided in the next edition. that is striving to improve the conditions within his sphere! –
Southern Chapter Update: Theodore Roosevelt
As the editor and current President of the Southern Chapter, I
wanted to blend the two into one column. We kicked off our year
in January at Lawry’s for an excellent lunch meeting with our
current State Association President, Nancy Almanzan. Nancy About the Cover...
provided the Southern Chapter with an update on the happenings
of the state board and her goals for this year. And last month, we
had an amazing turnout for a dinner meeting held at the Sierra
Gold. The meeting topic was Surveyors Safety, presented by Past-
President of CSLA, Rob McMillian. We had over 50 attendees
present. That was the best attendance in years! THANK YOU,
Southern Chapter, for the support!
Here is a quick look at what’s ahead for the Southern Chapter
members:
March – No meeting since we have the Annual Conference this
month.
April 29 – SNALS Annual Picnic held at Centennial Park (Area D)
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May 11 – Lunch Meeting at Lawry’s – Paul Burn from GCW will
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be presenting on a recent 24,000 acre Record of Survey they
completed last year.
Our Outreach Committee is busy this Spring. We have a few
presentations coming up as well as administering the Trig-Star
Exams at the following schools.
WCTA, ECTA, and Clark HS times and presentations - TBD
Cimarron-Memorial (Trig-Star exam date set for Monday, April A composite image of different photos taken from the article Living Legend -
Terry W. McHenry in this edition of The Nevada Traverse.
17th).
Arbor View (Trig-Star exam date set for Thursday, April 20th). Do you have a cover shot you would like to submit?
Email: nals@NvLandSurveyors.org
Coral Academy (responded for a date TBD in March).
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