Acronyms |
(pronounced) |
Title |
|
|
|
319 |
|
Section 319 of the Clean Water Act |
ACOE |
"the Corps" |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
AgBMP |
|
Agricultural Best Management Practices
Program |
AMC |
|
Association of Minnesota Counties |
ASCS |
|
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service |
APM |
|
Aquatic Plant Management |
BAT |
|
Best Available Technology |
BLM |
|
U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
BMP |
|
Best Management Practice(s) |
BOD |
|
Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
BWSR |
"Bowser" |
Board of Water and Soil Resources |
CAA |
|
Clean Air Act |
CERCLA |
"sirklah" |
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act |
CLMP |
|
Citizens Lake Monitoring Program |
COLA |
"cola" |
Coalition of Lake Associations |
CREP |
"krep" |
Conservation Reserve Enhancement
Program |
CRP |
|
Conservation Reserve Program |
CRWP |
|
Cannon River Watershed Project |
CSO |
|
Combined Sewer Overflow |
CSREES |
|
The Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service (USDA) |
CWA |
|
Clean Water Act |
CWAR |
|
Clean Water Act Reauthorization |
CWP |
|
Clean Water Partnership |
DIC |
|
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon |
DNR |
|
Department of Natural Resources (state
or tribal)(see also MNDNR) |
DO |
|
Dissolved Oxygen |
DOC |
|
Dissolved Organic Carbon |
DOT |
|
Department of Transportation (see
also MNDOT) |
DOW |
|
Division of Water |
DTED |
"dee-ted" |
MN Department of Trade and Economic
Development |
EIA |
|
Environmental Impact Assessment |
EIS |
|
Environmental Impact Statement |
EMPACT |
|
Environmental Monitoring for Public
Access & Community Tracking |
EPA |
|
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
EQB |
|
Environmental Quality Board |
ESA |
|
Endangered Species Act |
Extension |
|
University of Minnesota, Extension
Service |
FIFRA |
"fif-rah" |
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act |
FS |
|
Forest Service (see also USFS) |
FSA |
|
Farm Service Agency (Formerly ASCS)
or Food Security Act |
FWPCA |
|
Federal Water Pollution Control Act |
GIS |
|
Geographic Information System |
GPS |
|
Global Positioning System |
GWMAP |
"G-W-map" |
Ground Water Monitoring and Assessment
Program |
HEL |
"hell" |
Highly Erodible lands |
HUA |
|
Hydrologic Unit Areas |
ILCC |
|
Interagency Lakes Coordinating Committee |
ISTS |
|
Individual Sewage Treatment System |
LAP |
|
Lake Assessment Program |
LCMR |
|
Legislative Commission on Minnesota
Resources |
LGU |
|
Local Governmental Unit (county,
city, township, water management organization, or SWCD) |
LLM |
|
Lake Level Minnesota Program |
LMIC |
"Li-mick" |
Land Management Information Center |
LWM |
|
Large Woody Material |
MASWCD |
"masquid" |
Minnesota Association of Soil and
Water Conservation Districts |
MAWD |
"maude" |
Minnesota Association of Watershed
Districts |
MCPZA |
"mic-pizza" |
Minnesota Coalition of Planning and
Zoning Administration |
MDA |
|
Minnesota Department of Agriculture |
MDH |
|
Minnesota Department of Health |
MEPA |
|
Minnesota Environmental Policy Act |
MERLA |
"merla" |
Minnesota Environmental Response
and Liability Act |
MGS |
|
Minnesota Geological Survey |
MHB |
|
Mississippi Headwaters Board |
MINLEAP |
"min-leep" |
Minnesota Lake Eutrophication Analysis
Procedure |
MISA |
"missa" |
Municipal Industrial Strategy for
Abatement |
MLA |
|
Minnesota Lakes Association |
MNDOT |
"min-dot" |
Minnesota Department of Transportation |
MNDNR |
|
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
MPCA |
|
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency |
MRBJPB |
|
Minnesota River Basin Joint Powers
Board |
NACD |
|
National Association of Conservation
Districts |
NALMS |
"nalms" |
North American Lake Management Society |
NASCA |
|
National Association of State Conservation
Agencies |
NAWMP |
|
North American Waterfowl Management
Plan |
NBS |
|
National Biological Service |
NCC |
|
National Computer Center |
NEMEEC |
"knee-mick" |
Northeastern Minnesota Environmental
and Economic Council |
NEPA |
"knee-pah" |
National Environmental Policy Act |
NOAA |
"noah" |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration |
NPDES |
|
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System |
NPS |
|
National Park Service - or - nonpoint
source pollution |
NRCS |
|
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
NRRI |
|
Natural Resources Research Institute |
NWI |
|
National Wetlands Inventory |
OP |
|
Ortho-Phosphorus |
OHW |
|
Ordinary High Water Mark |
OHWL |
|
Ordinary High Water Level |
PCA |
|
Pollution Control Agency (see also
MPCA) |
PCT |
|
Project Coordination Team |
ppb |
|
parts per billion |
ppm |
|
parts per million |
ppt |
|
parts per trillion |
QA/QC |
|
Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
RCM |
|
Rivers Council of Minnesota |
RD |
|
Rural Development (USDA) |
RCRA |
"rickrah" |
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act |
RIM |
"rim" |
Reinvest In Minnesota |
SAB |
|
Science Advisory Board |
SAS |
|
Statistical Analysis System |
SCS |
|
Soil Conservation Service (now NRCS) |
SNA |
|
(Designated) Scientific and Natural
Areas |
STORET |
"storette" |
(U.S. EPA's Data) Storage and Retrieval |
SWCD |
|
Soil and Water Conservation Districts |
SCS |
|
Soil Conservation Service now NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
SEMWRB |
|
Southeast Minnesota Water Resources
Board |
TDML |
|
Total Daily Maximum Load (EPA Project) |
TDP |
|
Total Dissolved Phosphorus |
TKN |
|
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen |
TN |
|
Total Nitrogen |
TSI |
|
Trophic State Index |
TSS |
|
Total Suspended Solids |
TVS |
|
Total Volatile Solids |
TVA |
|
Tennessee Valley Authority |
USCOE |
"the Corps" |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (see
ACOE) |
USDA |
|
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
USDI |
|
U.S. Department of the Interior |
USEPA |
|
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
USFS |
|
U.S. Forest Service |
USFWS |
|
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
USGS |
|
U.S. Geological Survey Department |
WAL |
|
Wisconsin Association of Lakes |
WCA |
"wackah" |
(Minnesota) Wetland Conservation
Act |
WCAR |
"wackah rules" |
(Minnesota) Wetland Conservation
Act Rules |
WD |
|
Watershed District |
WDNR |
|
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
WHPA |
|
Wellhead Protection Area |
WMA |
|
Wildlife Management Area |
WMO |
|
Watershed Management Organization |
WRC |
|
Water Resources Center (U of M) |
WRC |
|
Water Resources Committee of the
EQB |