Acronyms

Environmental Acronym List

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BA/BO Biological Assessment/Biological Opinion
BLM Bureau of Land Management

CBD Center for Biodiversity
CDF CA Dept of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDFFP)
CDFG CA Department of Fish & Game (DFG)
CDMG CA Department of Mines and Geology
CESA CA Endangered Species Act–State legislation
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
CGS California Geological Survey
CI Cumulative Impacts
CNPS California Native Plant Society
CSI Coastal Salmon Initiative
CWE Cumulative Watershed Effects

DM/FONSI Decision Memo/Finding of No Significant Impact

EA Environmental Assessment/Ecological Assessment
EHR Erosion Hazard Rating
EIR Environmental Impact Report
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESA Endangered Species Act–Federal legislation

FPR Forest Practice Rules

GIS Geological Info Systems (computer-based mapping)

HCP Habitat Conservation Plan (State land mgmt plan)

HWC Humboldt Watershed Council

ITP Incidental Take Permit

KFA Klamath Forest Alliance
KSW Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center (aka KSWild)

LTO Licensed Timber Operator

MaMu Marbled Murrelet
MMCA Marbled Murrelet Conservation Area

NCCP Natural Communities Conservation Planning
NCRWQCB North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
NEPA National Environment Policy Act
NF National Forest
NFMA National Forest Management Act
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries
NSO Northern Spotted Owl
NWR National Wildlife Refuge
NWOG Northwest Old Growth

OHV Off-Highway Vehicle (Forest Service’s and ORV
enthusiasts’ designation)
ORV Off-Road Vehicle (environmentalists’ designation)
OTS Office of Thrift Supervision

PHI Pre-Harvest Inspection
PL Pacific Lumber Company (Maxxam)
POC Port Orford Cedar

RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board
RPF Registered Professional Forester

SPI Sierra Pacific Industries
SYP Sustained Yield Plan (Federal land mgmt plan)

THP Timber Harvest Plan
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
TPZ Timberland Production Zone
TS Timber Sale

USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service

WLPZ Watercourse and Lake Protection Zone
WDR Waste Discharge Requirements
WUI Wilderness/Urban Interface
WWWDR Watershed-Wide Waste Discharge Requirements