Author: Wendy Lathrop, PS, CFM, CFS

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…

The two weeks before Thanksgiving brought sad news of the loss of two great people. One is well known through his national prominence…

Back in February 2018 I introduced readers to a Philadelphian who had argued that his use of a parcel and the City’s failure…

The title of this month’s article was my reaction on reading a case early this summer that was decided by the Stark County…

Just about a year ago, I wrote about Rose Mary Knick’s suit against Scott Township in Pennsylvania (“Taking on a Dead Issue,” August…

If our homes are our castles, we should be able to do pretty much anything we want there, right? Well, not exactly. There…

Choosing where to settle and live is complicated, not a simple task of technical analysis and check boxes. Competing factors include affordability, convenience…

Sometimes it is hard to pigeon-hole events into a single category to be able to come up with a title that will appropriately…

News stories often provoke thoughts about how we as surveyors can better “protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public” relying upon…