Acronyms and Abbreviations

A

ADA – Americans with Disabilities
AQRV – Air Quality Related Value
ARPA – Archaeological Resources
Protection Act
ATV – All-terrain Vehicle
AUM – Animal Unit Month

B

BCR – Bird Conservation Region
BCV – Black-Capped Vireo
BMP – Best Management Practices

C

C – Celsius
CAA – Clean Air Act
CAP – Contaminant Assessment Process
CCC – Civilian Conservation Corps
CCP – Comprehensive Conservation Plan
CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
cm – centimeters
CMGP – Central Mixed-Grass Prairie
CO2 – Carbon Dioxide
CP/PLR – Central Plains/Playa Lakes Region
CSTP – Crosstimbers and Southern Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregion
CWCS – Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy
CWD – Chronic Wasting DiseaseC – Celsius
CAA – Clean Air Act
CAP – Contaminant Assessment Process
CCC – Civilian Conservation Corps
CCP – Comprehensive Conservation Plan
CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
cm – centimeters
CMGP – Central Mixed-Grass Prairie
CO2 – Carbon Dioxide
CP/PLR – Central Plains/Playa Lakes Region
CSTP – Crosstimbers and Southern Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregion
CWCS – Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy
CWD – Chronic Wasting Disease

D

DCP – Data Collection Platform
DM – Departmental Manual
DOI – U.S. Department of the Interior

E

EA – Environmental Assessment
EE – Environmental Education
EIS – Environmental Impact Statement
EMP – Environmental Management Plan
EMS – Environmental Management System
EO – Executive Order
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
EPTOX – Extraction Procedure Toxicity
ES – Ecological Services

F

F – Fahrenheit
FACA – Federal Advisory Committee Act
FIFRA – Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
FMP – Fire Management Plan
FR – Federal Register
FONSI – Finding of No Significant Impact
FTE – Full-Time Equivalent
FY – Fiscal Year

G

GIS – Geographic Information System
GPCA – Grasslands Priority Conservation Area
GPLCC – Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative
GS – General Schedule (Federal pay series)

H

HMP – Habitat Management Plan
HVAC – Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

I

IMPROVE – Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments Program
IPCC – International Panel on Climate Change
IPMP – Integrated Pest Management Plan
IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature

K

km – kilometer

L

lbs – pounds
LCC – Landscape Conservation Cooperative
LE/O – Law Enforcement/Officer
LETRA – Lake Elmer Thomas Recreational Area
LPP – Land Protection Plan

M

MBTA – Migratory Bird Treaty Act
MDN – Mercury Deposition Network
MOA – Memorandum of Agreement
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
MRA – Minimum Requirement Analyses

N

NAAQS – National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NABCI – North American Bird Conservation Initiative
NAWMP – North American Waterfowl Management Plan
NEPA – National Environmental Policy Act
NHPA – National Historic Preservation Act
NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPP – Net Primary Production
NRCS – National Resources Conservation Service
NRHP – National Register of Historic
Places
NWPS – National Wilderness Preservation System
NWR – National Wildlife Refuge
NWRS – National Wildlife Refuge System

O

OCS – Oklahoma Climatological Survey
ODWC – Oklahoma Department of
Wildlife Conservation
OKDEQ – Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality
OPJV – Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture

P

PFT – Permanent Full Time
PIF – Partners in Flight
PLJV – Playa Lakes Joint Venture
PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
PPP – Preliminary Project Proposal
PUP – Pesticide Use Proposal
PVC – Polyvinyl chloride

R

RNA – Research Natural Area
RONS – Refuge Operations Needs System
RV – Recreational Vehicle

S

SAMMS – Service Asset Maintenance
Management System
Service – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
SCA – Student Conservation Association
SCEP – Student Career Experience Program
SEER – Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio
SHC – Strategic Habitat Conservation
SHPO – State Historic Preservation Office
STEP – Student Temporary Employment Program
SUA – Special Use Area
SUP – Special Use Permit

T

TNC – The Nature Conservancy

U

USDA – U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS – U.S. Geological Survey
USFWS – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

W

WHEP – Wildlife Habitat Education Program
WMCC – Wichita Mountains Climbers Coalition
WPA – Works Progress Administration
WRIA –Water Resource Inventory and Assessment
WSA – Wilderness Study Area
WSP – Wilderness Stewardship Plan

Y

YCC – Youth Conservation Corps