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Recreational Access and Conservation Glossary

Note: A comprehensive glossary of acronyms (The Acronym Glossary of Property Rights) is available from the Property Rights Research web site.

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ACEC	Area of Critical Environmental Concern: The management objective for an area designated as an ACEC would be to protect that particular resource, potentially at the exclusion of conflicting resource values. An ACEC designation can apply to visual resources, wildlife resources, etc.
ADR	Alternative Dispute Resolution
ALSPA	America's Land Sovereignty Protection Act
ANPRM	Advanced Notice of Proposed Wilderness
AMP	Allotment Management Plan
AMA D36	American Motorcycle Association District 36
APD	Application for Permit to Drill: The BLM, after following the NEPA process and preparing an EA or EIS may either approve or deny such application.
ATV	All Terrain Vehicle
AUM	Animal Unit Month

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BLM	Bureau of Land Management
BO	Biological Opinion
BRC	Blue Ribbon Coalition

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CA	Conservation Agreement
CA4WDC	California Association of Four Wheel Drive Clubs
CDFE	Center for Defense of Free Enterprise
CE	Categorical Exclusion: A management decision to exclude a particular action from certain NEPA processes (i.e., no scoping, no EA).
CEQ	Council on Environmental Quality
CEQA	California Environmental Quality Act
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CLEAR	Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research
CMA	Citizens Management Alternative
CRT	Coalition for Recreational Trails
CS	Conservation Strategy
CWCS	Citizens With Common Sense
CX (CatX)	Categorical Exclusion (see CE)

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DEIS	Draft Environmental Impact Statement: See EIS
DM	Departmental Manual
DNA	Documentation of Land Use Plan Conformance and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Adequacy
DOI	Department of Interior
DR/FONSI	Decision Record/Finding of No Significant Impact: Signed decision of the agency stating that the agency has found that no significant impact to the environment would result from the proposed action. This decision may be appealed to the state director.
DWMA	Designated Wildlife Management Area

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EA	Environmental Assessment: The document that NEPA requires the agencies to prepare in order to address and analyze proposed actions on public lands. The EA must address issues raised by the public during "scoping."
EDF	Environmental Defense Fund
EF	Earth First!
EIS	Environmental Impact Statement: A document similar to, but much more extensive than, an EA. An EIS must analyze all cumulative, direct, and indirect impacts of a proposed action.
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
ESA	Endangered Species Act

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FACA	Federal Advisory Committee Act
FLPMA	Federal Land Policy and Management Act: The law that guides the BLM management of public lands.
FOE	Friends of the Earth
FONSI	Finding of No Significant Impact
FS	Forest Service
FWS	Fish and Wildlife Service (also USFWS - United States Fish and Wildlife Service)

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GAG	Green Advocacy Group
GIS	Geographic Information System
GPS	Global Positioning System

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HR 1500

House Resolution Number normally assigned randomly. This number has been repeatedly used and is synonymous with Utah Land Use.

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IBLA	Interior Board of Land Appeals: The final administrative appeals body for any proposed actions on public lands.
IMP	Interim Management Policy
IRR	Interim Road Rules

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LAC	Limits of Acceptable Change
Legacy Project	(California) Legacy Project: An effort promoted by the California Resources Agency to set aside core habitat areas and linkages within the State of California
LUP	Land Use Plan

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MFP	Management Framework Plan
MOU	Memorandum Of Understanding

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NAIA	National Animal Interest Alliance
NCA	National Conservation Area
NEPA	National Environmental Policy Act: The law that directs the BLM and Forest Service to involve the public in the decision-making process.
NMFS	National Marine Fisheries Service
NOHVCC	National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council, Inc.
NOA	Notice of Availability
NOI	Notice of Intent
NPCA	National Parks and Conservation Association
NPDES	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Program
NPS	National Park Service
NRA	National Recreation Area
NRTFA	National Recreational Funds Act, renamed Recreational Trails Program Act under the Transportation Equality Act for the 21st Century.
NSO	No Surface Occupancy: No structures may be built or placed within an area classified as NSO. The RMP for a particular area should delineate the oil and gas categories throughout the area ranging from Category I-IV, where: I - open, II - restricted, III - NSO, and IV - no leasing.
NTC	Nevada Trails Coalition

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OHV	Off Highway Vehicle
ONA	Outstanding Natural Area
ORV	Off Road Vehicle

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PAC	Political Action Committee
PETA	People for the Ethetical Treatment of Animals
POD	Plan of Development

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RAC	Resource Advisory Council
Resources Agency	(California) Resources Agency
RMA	Resource Management Area
RMP	Resource Management Plan: The guiding document for each BLM resource area. The plans may be amended as circumstances in the area change.
RNA	Research and Natural Area
ROD	Record of Decision
ROS	Recreational Opportunity Spectrum
ROW	Right of Way
RS 2477	RS 2477 Rights-of-way or More info on RS 2477

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SC	Sierra Club
SDORC	San Diego Off-Road Coalition
SDR	State Director Review: An appeal of the DR/FONSI, CE, or other agency action to the state director of the BLM.
SMA	Special Management Area
SWFWDA	Southwest Four Wheel Drive Association
SUWA	Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

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T & E	Threatened and Endangered Species
TDS	Tierra del Sol Four Wheel Drive Club of San Diego. Club hosts a nationally know trail event (Tierra del SOl Desert Safari) in Southern California.
Tread Lightly	Tread Lightly
TMDL	Total Maximum Daily Load
TMTC	Texas Motorized Trail Coalition
TMVC	Texas Motorized Vehicle Coalition

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UFWDA	United Four Wheel Drive Associations
USC (U.S.C.)	Unided States Code
USDAFS	United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
USFWS	United States Fish and Wildlife Service
UWC	Utah Wilderness Coalition

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VRM

Visual Resource Management: These are management objectives for visual values. Once VRM classes are established, the visual objective must be met.

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Wildlands Project	The Wildlands Project: An ambitious environmental agenda being proposed that would place over 50% of the United States into 'core habitat' areas with interconnecting 'linkages'.
WS	Wild & Scenic: Certain stretches of rivers that qualify may be Congressionally designated as wild and/or scenic. This designation is similar to "wilderness," and would prevent boating, jet-skis, and developments within a defined river corridor.
WSA	Wilderness Study Area: The BLM is required to manage these areas to prevent degradation of their wilderness characteristics. It is important to note that these areas have not yet been designated as wilderness by Congress, but are instead those areas that the BLM has identified as holding potential wilderness characteristics.

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