- ACEC - - Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
- AEC - - Assessment of Ecosystem Components
- AFSEEE - - Association of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
- AIRFA - - American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978)
- ARC/INFO - - GIS software developed by Environmental Systems Research Institute
- ARPA - - Archaeological Resources Protection Act (1979)
- ASQ - - Allowable Sale Quantity (timber)
- AUM - - Animal Unit Month
- BBF - - Billion Board Feet (timber)
- BEA - - Bureau of Economic Analysis
- BIA - - Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Department of the Interior
- BLM - - Bureau of Land Management, US Department of the Interior
- BMP - - Best Management Practices
- BOR - - Bureau of Reclamation, US Department of the Interior
- BPA - - Bonneville Power Administration, US Department of Energy
- CEQ - - Council of Environmental Quality
- CERCLA - - Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation & Liability Act (Superfund sites)
- CFR - - Code of Federal Regulations
- CRB - - Columbia River Basin; Interior Columbia Basin Assessment Area
- CRB/LCA - - Landscape Characterization Area (larger than CRB)
- CRBSUM - - Columbia River Basin Successional Model
- CRITFC - - Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission
- CWA - - Clean Water Act
- CWD - - Coarse Woody Debris (same as LWD)
- DBH - - Diameter at Breast Height
- DCW - - Digital Chart of the World
- DEIS - - Draft Environmental Impact Statement
- DEM - - Digital Elevation Model
- DRFC - - Desired Range of Future Conditions
- DTM - - Digital Terrain Model
- EECC - - Eastside Ecosystem Coalition of Counties
- EEIS - - Eastside Environmental Impact Statement
- EEMP - - Eastside Ecosystem Management Project
- EIS - - Environmental Impact Statement
- EPA - - Environmental Protection Agency
- ERU - - Ecological Reporting Unit
- ESA - - Endangered Species Act
- FACA - - Federal Advisory Committee Act
- FEIS - - Final Environmental Impact Statement
- FEMAT - - Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team
- FERC - - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- FLPMA - - Federal Land Policy and Management Act
- FOIA - - Freedom of Information Act
- FR - - Federal Register
- FS - - Forest Service, US Dept of Agriculture (same as USFS)
- FSH - - Forest Service Handbook
- FSM - - Forest Service Manual
- GIS - - Geographic Information System
- HRV - - Historic Range of Variability
- HUC - - Hydrologic Unit Code
- ICBEMP - - Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
- ICRB - - Interior Columbia River Basin
- IDT - - Interdisciplinary Team
- IGBC - - Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee
- INFISH - - Inland Native Fish Strategy for the Intermountain, Northern and Pacific Northwest
Regions (Forest Service)
- IWM - - Integrated Weed Management
- KEC - - Key Ecological Correlates
- KEF - - Key Ecological Functions
- LAC - - Limits of Acceptable Change
- LWD - - Large Woody Debris (same as CWD)
- MAC - - Management Area Categories
- MMBF - - Million Board Feet (timber)
- MOSS - - Map Overlay and Statistical System
- NAAQS - - National Ambient Air Quality Standards
- NAGPRA - - Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act (1990)
- NBS - - National Biological Survey, US Department of the Interior
- NDEF - - Non-declining Even Flow (timber)
- NEPA - - National Environmental Policy Act (1969)
- NFMA - - National Forest Management Act
- NHPA - - National Historic Preservation Act (1966)
- NMFS - - National Marine Fisheries Service, US Department of Commerce
- NOI - - Notice of Intent
- NPDES - - National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
- NPS - - National Park Service, US Department of the Interior
- NRCS - - Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Dept of Agriculture
- NWPPC - - Northwest Power Planning Council
- PACFISH - - Interim strategies for managing anadromous fish-producing watersheds in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Northern California
- PAH - - Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
- PFC - - Proper Functioning Condition
- PILT - - Payment In Lieu of Taxes
- PM - - Particulate Matter
- PSQ - - Probable Sale Quantity
- PVG - - Potential Vegetation Group
- PVT - - Potential Vegetation Type
- RARE - - Roadless Area Review and Evaluation
- RCRA - - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- RDC - - Road Density Class
- REA - - Riparian Ecosystem Analysis
- REO - - Regional Ecosystem Office
- RHCA - - Riparian Habitat Conservation Area
- RMA - - Riparian Management Area
- RMO - - Riparian Management Objectives
- ROD - - Record of Decision
- ROS - - Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
- RPA - - Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (1974)
- RVD - - Recreation Visitor Days
- SAF - - Society of American Foresters
- SEA - - Socio-Economic Assessment Area (larger than CRB)
- SRM - - Society for Range Management
- STAR - - Staff Area Report (see AEC)
- TC - - Terrestrial Community
- TDC - - Timber Dependent Community
- TES - - Threatened and Endangered Species
- TMDL - - Total Maximum Daily Load
- TRI - - Toxics Release Inventory
- UCRB - - Upper Columbia River Basin
- USDA - - United States Department of Agriculture
- USFS - - United States Forest Service, US Dept of Agriculture (same as FS)
- USFWS - - United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Dept of the Interior
- USGS - - United States Geological Survey, US Department of the Interior
- WRCS - - Western Regional Corridor Study
- WSA - - Wilderness Study Areas
- WUG - - Western Utility Group
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