Upcoming Events PSLS Webinars July 8, 2026 Preparing for Geospatial Trends in Transportation Digital Delivery Speakers: Allen Melley, Scott McMasters, Kevin Martin, Chris Abbott August 12, 2026 Railroads and Railroad Rights of Way Speaker: Gary Kent, LS View the 2026 webinar schedule Save the date for the 2027 Surveyors’ Conference in Hershey, PA from January 10-13, 2027!

As of April 30, all twelve annual appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026 were signed into law to keep the Federal government open through September 30. The controversial bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, which included FEMA’s flood mapping program, was finally enacted into law and was accompanied by the following report language:

4.1 DEFINITION of a DEED CALL; “to the “Grading” of a Railroad. The “Grading called for in the deed is the “Artificial Monument”. Call made in deed after rails and ties were removed. What remains; the railroad bed or grading.