PLSS maps

Public Lans Survey System System or PLSS is a type of mapping that divides areas into townships and ranges. It is a way to divide all the federally owned land into rectangular sections. It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. This map shows an area of the Southwestern Region that the US Forest Service controls. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/stelprdb5202193.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gjAwhwtDDw9_AI8zPyhQoY6BdkOyoCAGixyPg!/%3Fss%3D1103%26navtype%3DBROWSEBYSUBJECT%26cid%3Dstelprdb5201889%26navid%3D160130000000000%26pnavid%3D160000000000000%26position%3DNot%2520Yet%2520Determined.Html%26ttype%3Ddetail%26pname%3DRegion%25203-%2520Geospatial%2520Data&usg=__zgVuttJgzhCW_dO-kNLydTgEUjQ=&h=480&w=768&sz=25&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=xV7GeelkDXzmPM:&tbnh=112&tbnw=179&ei=Mj4iTpOPLZCUtweRxIGfAw&prev=/search%3Fq%3DPLSS%2Bmaps%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1363%26bih%3D740%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=890&vpy=301&dur=2032&hovh=177&hovw=284&tx=142&ty=122&page=1&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0&biw=1363&bih=740