Land surveyors in Idaho were first organized as a subsidiary of Idaho Society of Professional Engineers. In 1974, the Land Surveyors of Idaho organized as separate entity. The group incorporated In 1976 as Idaho Association of Land Surveyors. The name was changed again in 1993 to Idaho Society of Professional Land Surveyors. Below is a chronological list of ISPLS presidents and conference locations.

When the organization hit its tenth year, David Couch gleaned the accumulated records and compiled a narrative history of its beginnings and growth.

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