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Acronym
Description
AMS
Agricultural Marketing Service
ANS
Aquatic Nuisance Species
ANSTF
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
APHIS
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ARS
Agricultural Research Service
BLM
Bureau of Land Management
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CPHST
Center for Plant Health Science Technology
CSREES
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
DHS
Department of Homeland Security
DOC
Department of Commerce
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
DOL
Department of Labor
DOI
Department of the Interior
DOS
Department of State
DOT
Department of Transportation
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ERS
Economic Research Service
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FICMNEW
Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
FWS
Fish and Wildlife Service
FS
Forest Service
IFAS
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
IPPC
International Plant Protection Convention
ISAC
Invasive Species Advisory Committee
ITAP
Federal Interagency Committee on Invasive Terrestrial Animals and Pathogens
IUCN
International Union for Conservation of Nature
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NAL
National Agricultural Library
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NBII
National Biological Information Infrastructure
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NISC
National Invasive Species Council
NISIC
National Invasive Species Information Center
NLM
National Library of Medicine
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPS
National Park Service
NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service
PBS
Public Broadcasting System
PPQ
Plant Protection and Quarantine
UN
United Nations
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
U.S.
United States
USGS
United States Geological Survey
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