COMMON ACRONYMS USED WITHIN THE RECREATION COMMUNITY
ACEC - Area of Critical Environmental Concern
ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
APD - Application for Permit to Drill
AUM - Animal Unit Month
BLM - Bureau of Land Management
CA - Conservation Agreement
CEQ - Council on Environmental Quality
CEQA - California Environmental Quality Act
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
CS - Conservation Strategy
CX - Categorical Exclusion
DM - Departmental Manual
DNA - Documentation of Land Use Plan Conformance and National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Adequacy
DOI - Department of the Interior
DR - Decision Record (for an EA)
EA - Environmental Assessment
EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ESA - Endangered Species Act
FACA - Federal Advisory Committee Act
FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service
FLPMA - Federal Land Policy and Management Act
FONSI - Finding of No Significant Impact
GIS - Geographic Information System
IBLA - Interior Board of Land Appeals
IMP - Interim Management Policy
LAC - Limits of Acceptable Change
LUP - Land use plan
MFP - Management Framework Plan
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
NOA - Notice of Availability
NOI - Notice of Intent
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
NMFS - National Marine Fisheries Service
NPS - National Park Service
OHV - Off-Highway Vehicle
PAC - Provincial Advisory Council
POD - Plan of Development
RAC - Resource Advisory Council
RMP - Resource Management Plan
RNA - Research and Natural Area
ROD - Record of Decision (for an EIS)
ROS - Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
T&E - Threatened and Endangered
TMDL - Total Maximum Daily Load
U.S.C. - United States Code
VRM - Visual Resource Management
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