Author: Wendy Lathrop, PS, CFM, CFS

When we talk about adverse possession, the topic is a claim of ownership. There are very specific requirements that are common to all…

The chasm between the two parallel worlds of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is about the widen and deepen. October 1, 2021…

The process of presenting a residential development to a local governing body doesn’t often follow a smooth trajectory from proposal to approval. Sometimes…

I recently watched a movie called “Rose Island” that sparked my curiosity. The plot is based on the true story of an Italian…

Author’s note: The following is a lightly—but only lightly!—fictionalized version of true events. It was a real argument, and my closing salvo was…

The urge was strong to call this “No Exit,” but remembrances of Jean Paul Sartre’s play of the same name about a hellish…

Not long after earning my first surveying license, one of the other party chiefs in the company we both worked for felt inspired…

Before diving in, here is one welcome bit of news that is truly new, announced in a FEMA Bulletin issued March 30, 2020….

When trying to keep dry, elevation means everything. When trying to show a site is likely to remain dry during a 1% annual…

In college, my friends and I loved listening to a spoof called “The Never-Ending Traffic Circle” by Firesign Theater about a driver who…