| 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 |
