The cadastral functions included in this project provide the boundary certainty required to protect federal interest land, tribal village assets, and our neighbors from boundary conflicts, trespass,…

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $182,548.00, was provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Experienced Services Program (CFDA 15.016). The award supports the delivery of cadastral survey services in Alaska to protect federal interest lands, tribal village assets, and address boundary issues. Key activities include assisting with the development of official maps, legal descriptions, cadastral products, and fulfilling legislative requirements related to the Alaska Native Allotment Act, Alaska Statehood Act, and Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The awardee, National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc., will leverage the expertise of experienced professionals aged 55 and older to supplement BLM's cadastral survey capabilities and complete priority projects. This award is part of the BLM's Experienced Services Program, which aims to leverage the skills of older workers to address short-term staffing needs and complete critical public lands management initiatives.

The cadastral functions included in this project provide the boundary certainty required to protect federal interest land, tribal village assets, and our neighbors from boundary conflicts, trespass, and unauthorized use. Itfacilitates expeditious processing of native villages, federal interest asset transactions, including alaska state selected lands, and the execution of legislatively mandated cadastral services. This work required by this project is to help alaska cadastral staff fulfill a combination of legislatively mandated (34 stat. 197, p.l 85-508, U.S.C. 1601, P.L. 105-276, P.L. 116-9) and requested surveys necessary to protect public interests. Tasks will also include assistance with the development of cadastral products required by departmental agency manuals (303 DM7, 600 OMS, MS-6120, MS-9600) and customer driven cadastral services when applicable, all work must be in accordance with the relevant manual of survey instructions, regulations governing cadastral surveys, and agency policies. The enrollees associated with this project will: assist with the development of official maps and legal descriptions assist with the preparation of cadastral products (special instructions, assignment instructions, supplemental plats, official survey returns, land surveyor reports, etc.) and assist with administrative, and technical requirements necessary to approve cadastral products. This project will assist BLM in achieving goals for the cadastral survey program: this project will be focused on fulfilling congressional requirements identified in the alaska native allotment act of 1906, (34 stat. 197), the alaska statehood act (P.L. 85-508), alaska native claims settlement act (ancsa, 43 U.S.C. 1601), alaska native vietnam veterans allotment act of 1998 (P.L. 105-276) and the alaska native vietnam ERA veterans land allotment section(sect. 1119) of the john d. Dingell, JR. Conservation, management, and recreation act (public law 116-9).duties and responsibilities include: assist full-time federal employees with the performance of legal, administrative, and technical tasks associated with the cadastral survey program, provide mentorship and training of staff, demonstrative good judgement and professionalism required, and assist with the preparation of cadastral survey special instructions.