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When to Order an Elevation Certificate After a Flood Map Change
FEMA updates its flood maps from time to time. When that happens, owners, buyers, lenders and insurers tend to ask the same thing. Does the

Buying Land Sight Unseen? Verify It Before You Wire Funds
Plenty of people buy land they’ve never walked. A seller posts photos, drops a map pin and names a price. Money moves before anyone sets

Mapping Timber and Range Land With Drone LiDAR
Idaho has a lot of forest and rangeland that’s hard to measure from the ground. Drone LiDAR gives landowners, foresters, and range managers a way

Topographic Data for Hillside Retaining Wall Planning Before Excavation
A hillside lot rarely holds one steady grade from top to bottom. Before a retaining wall gets drawn on a plan, someone needs to know

Water Rights and Boundaries Don’t Always Match
A lot of property owners assume that a water right and a property line describe the same thing. They don’t. One tells you where your

Bordering BLM Land? Why Your Boundary Survey Matters More
The Bureau of Land Management holds close to 12 million acres in Idaho. That’s almost a quarter of the state. If your property sits next