| ACEC |
Area of Critical Environmental
Concern |
| ALJ |
Administrative Law Judge |
| ANILCA |
Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act |
| ANSCA |
Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act |
| APA |
Administrative Procedure Act |
| APD |
Application for Permit to Drill |
| ARPA |
Archaeological Resources Protection
Act |
| ASQ |
Allowable Sale Quantity |
| AUM |
Animal Unit Month |
| BA |
Biological Assessment |
| BBF |
Billion board feet |
| BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
| BO |
Biological Opinion |
| BoR |
Bureau of Reclamation |
| CAFO |
Concentrated Animal Feeding
Operation |
| CAP |
Central Arizona Project |
| CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
| CDQ |
Community Development Quota |
| CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CITES |
Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species |
| CMA |
Cooperative Management Agreement |
| CMUA |
Classification and Multiple
Use Act |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act |
| DLA |
Desert Lands Act |
| DOI |
Department of the Interior |
| DPCIA |
Dolphin Protection Consumer
Information Act of 1990 |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
| FAO |
United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization |
| FCMA |
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act |
| FLPMA |
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act |
| FMC |
Fishery Management Council |
| FMP |
Fishery Management Plan |
| FONSI |
Finding of No Significant Impact |
| FS |
Forest Service |
| FTCA |
Federal Tort Claims Act |
| FWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade |
| GLO |
General Land Office |
| GML |
General Mining Law |
| HCP |
Habitat Conservation Plan |
| IATTC |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission |
| IBLA |
Interior Board of Land Appeals |
| ICRW |
International Convention for
the Regulation of Whaling |
| ITQ |
Individual Transferable Quota |
| ITS |
Incidental Take Statement |
| IWC |
International Whaling Commission |
| LBMP |
Land-based marine pollution |
| LRMP |
Land and Resource Management
Plan |
| LWCF |
Land and Water Conservation
Fund |
| MBF |
Thousand borad feet |
| MBTA |
Migratory Bird Treaty Act |
| MFP |
Management Framework Plan |
| MIS |
Management Indicator Species |
| MLA |
Mineral Leasing Act |
| MMBF |
Million board feet |
| MMPA |
Marine Mammal Protection Act |
| MMS |
Minerals Management Service |
| MPA |
Marine Protected Area |
| MSY |
Maximum Sustainable Yield |
| MUSYA |
Multiple-Use, Sustained-Yield
Act |
| MWD |
Metropolitan Water District |
| NAGPRA |
Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act |
| NAMMCO |
North Atlantic Marine Mammal
Commission |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy
Act |
| NFMA |
National Forest Management Act |
| NGO |
Nongovernmental Organization |
| NHPA |
National Historic Preservation
Act |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration |
| NPS |
National Park Service |
| NRA |
National Recreation Area |
| NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation
Service |
| NSO |
No Surface Occupancy |
| NWPS |
National Wilderness Preservation
System |
| NWR |
National Wildlife Refuge |
| O&C |
Oregon and California |
| ORV |
Off-Road Vehicle |
| OSM |
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement |
| OY |
Optimum Yield |
| PRIA |
Public Rangeland Improvement
Act |
| RAC |
Range Advisory Council |
| RARE |
Roadless Area Review and Evaluation |
| RMP |
Resource Management Plan |
| ROD |
Record of Decision |
| ROW |
Right of Way |
| RPA |
Forest and Rangelands Renewable
Resources Planning Act or Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives |
| SFA |
Sustainable Fisheries Act |
| SMCRA |
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act |
| SRA |
Surface Resources Act |
| SRHA |
Stock-Raising Homestead Act |
| TAC |
Total Allowable Catch |
| TGA |
Taylor Grazing Act |
| TMDL |
Total Maximum Daily Load |
| TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| WFRHBA |
Wild Free-Roaming Horses and
Burros Act |
| WSA |
Wilderness Study Area |
| WSRA |
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
