February, 2001
by George Wooten and Marlene Renwyck
| BE | Biological Evaluation. |
| LM | U.S. Bureau of Land Management. |
| BMP | Best Management Practices: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and various States have approved management practices designed to meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act. |
| CEQ | Council on Environmental Quality. |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations. |
| DN | Decision Notice. |
| EA | Environmental Assessment. |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement. |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. |
| ESA | Endangered Species Act. |
| FEMAT | Forest Ecosystem Management: An Ecological, Economic, and Social Assessment; Report of the Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team. |
| FIFRA | The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act requests and responses. |
| FONSI | Finding of No Significant Impact. |
| FS | U.S. Forest Service. |
| FSH | Forest Service Handbook. |
| FSM | Forest Service Manual. |
| GAO | U.S. General Accounting Office. |
| GIS | Geographic Information Systems; computerized mapping and land analysis tools. |
| ICBEMP | Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project. |
| INFISH | Inland Native Fish Strategy Environmental Assessment: Interim direction for maintaining options for inland native fish species by reducing risk of loss of populations and reducing potential negative impacts to aquatic habitat. |
| IPM | Integrated Pest Management. |
| IWM | Integrated Weed Management. |
| LC50 | The dose of a toxic substance that kills one-half the test animals. |
| LRMP | Land and Resource Management Plan. |
| Mediated Agreement | Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides et al. v. Clayton Yeutter, et al. 1989. It specifies steps the Forest Service will take in implementing regional policy related to noxious weed management. |
| NCAP | Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides. |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act: An Act passed in 1969 to declare a national policy encouraging productive and enjoyable harmony between humankind and the environment. This Act promotes efforts that prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of humanity, while enriching the understanding of ecological systems and natural resources important to the nation. The Act established the Council on Environmental Quality. |
| NF | National Forest. |
| NFMA | National Forest Management Act: The National Forest Management Act of 1976 amended the Resources Planning Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to develop direction and guidance for management of lands and resources of National Forest System lands. |
| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service. |
| NOEL | The “No-Observed-Effect Level/dose” of a toxic substance. |
| NPS | USDI National Park Service. |
| PACFISH | Interim Strategies for Managing Anadromous Fish: An interagency ecosystem management approach for maintaining and restoring healthy, functioning watersheds, riparian areas, and aquatic habitats within the range of Pacific anadromous fish on Federal lands managed by the USDI Bureau of Land Management and the USDA Forest Service. |
| PNW | Pacific Northwest. |
| PPM; ppm | Parts per million. |
| Region 6 Forest Service | The Pacific Northwest Region of the U.S. Forest Service: Includes all National Forests in the States of Washington and Oregon. |
| ROD | Record of Decision. |
| TES | Threatened, endangered, and/or sensitive species. |
| USC | U.S. Code. |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture. |
| USDI | U.S. Department of the Interior. |
| USFWS | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
| Vegetation Management FEIS | The FEIS for Managing Competing and Unwanted Vegetation, Pacific Northwest Region, U.S. Forest Service. |
| WO | Washington office of the U.S. Forest Service. |