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ACEC
See Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)
BLM
See Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Categorical Exclusion (CE, CX)
CCP
See Comprehensive Conservation Plan
CE
See Categorical Exclusion
CEQ
See Council on Environmental Quality
CFR
See Code of Federal Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP)
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
CX
See Categorical Exclusion
DEIS
See Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
The agency in many states responsible for managing state trust lands.
DNR
See Department of Natural Resources
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
E.O.
See Executive Order
EA
See Environmental Assessment
EIS
See Environmental Impact Statement
Environmental Assessment (EA)
A NEPA document that shows the evidence used to determine whether to prepare an EIS or FONSI, aid an agency's compliance with NEPA when no EIS is needed and facilitate preparation of an EIS when one is necessary.
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
A detailed written statement required by NEPA for major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.  The statement includes discussion of the environmental impact of the proposed action and all reasonable alternatives.
EO
See Executive Order
Executive Order (E.O., EO)
Federal Register (FR)
FEIS
See Final Environmental Impact Statement
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
A NEPA document prepared by a Federal agency showing why a proposed action would not have a significant impact and thus would not require the preparation of an EIS.  A FONSI is based on the results of an environmental assessment.
FONSI
See Finding of No Significant Impact
Forest Service Handbook (FSH)
FR
See Federal Register
FS
See United States Forest Service
FSH
See Forest Service Handbook
IBLA
See Interior Board of Land Appeals
Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA)
An appellate review body whose administrative judges decide appeals of BLM decisions.
Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM)
USFS maps showing legal routes for motor vehicle use in National Forests
Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act (MUSYA)
MUSYA
See Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act
MVUM
See Motor Vehicle Use Map
National Conservation Area (NCA)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
The 1969 law that sets goals and means for carrying out policies for protection of the environment. A major provision of the act requires the preparation of an EIS and public comment period for Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
National Forest (NF)
National Forest Management Act (NFMA)
National Monument (NM)
National Seashore (NS)
National Wildlife Refuge (NWR)
NCA
See National Conservation Area
NEPA
See National Environmental Policy Act
NF
See National Forest
NFMA
See National Forest Management Act
NM
See National Monument
NOI
See Notice of Intent
Nonhighway and Off-Road Vehicle Activities Program (NOVA)
Grant program that includes funding of ORV facilities in Washington
Notice of Intent (NOI)
NOVA
See Nonhighway and Off-Road Vehicle Activities Program
NS
See National Seashore
NWR
See National Wildlife Refuge
Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR)
Off Highway Vehicle Recreation Area (OHVRA)
Minnesota DNR's term for some of their OHV areas
OHMVR
See Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation
OHVRA
See Off Highway Vehicle Recreation Area
RAC
See Resource Advisory Council
Ranger District (RD)
RD
See Ranger District
Record of Decision (ROD)
A NEPA document that reflects an agency's final decision, rationale behind that decision, and commitments to monitoring and mitigation of environmental impacts.
Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (RRAC)
Resource Advisory Council (RAC)
Resource Management Plan (RMP)
RMP
See Resource Management Plan
ROD
See Record of Decision
RRAC
See Recreation Resource Advisory Committee
Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA)
Special Recreation Permit (SRP)
Special Use Permit (SUP)
SRMA
See Special Recreation Management Area
SRP
See Special Recreation Permit
State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA)
OHV parks that are operated by the OHMVR Division of California State Parks
SUP
See Special Use Permit
SVRA
See State Vehicular Recreation Area
T&E
See Threatened and Endangered
Threatened and Endangered (T&E)
TMP
See Travel Management Plan
Travel Management Plan (TMP)
U.S.C
See United States Code
United States Code (U.S.C, USC)
United States Forest Service (FS, USFS)
Federal agancy responsible for the management of National Forests and National Grasslands
USC
See United States Code
USFS
See United States Forest Service
Visual Resource Management (VRM)
VRM
See Visual Resource Management
Wildeness Study Area (WSA)
WSA
See Wildeness Study Area