Acronym |
Meaning |
AABGA |
See APGA. |
ABC |
American Botanical Council |
ACEC |
Area of Critical Environmental Concern |
AD |
Assistant Director |
AHPA |
American Herbal Products Association |
APGA |
American Public Gardens Association (formerly American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta) |
APHIS |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
APWG |
Alien Plant Working Group |
ARS |
Agricultural Research Service |
ASLA |
American Society of Landscape Architects |
ASTA |
American Seed Trade Association |
AZA |
American Zoo and Aquarium Association (formerly AAZPA) |
AZH |
Association of Zoological Horticulture |
BGCI |
Botanical Gardens Conservation International |
BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation |
BSA |
Botanical Society of America |
CA |
Conservation Agreement |
CA |
Conservation Assessment |
CA |
Cooperative Agreement |
CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
CBG |
Chicago Botanic Garden |
CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality |
CI |
Conservation International |
CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna |
CNPS |
California Native Plant Society |
CONABIO |
ComisiĆ³n Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad |
CPC |
Center for Plant Conservation |
CRP |
Conservation Reserve Program |
CS |
Conservation Strategy |
CWA |
Clean Water Act |
DELTA |
DEscription Language for TAxonomy |
DOD |
Department of Defense |
DOE |
Department of Energy |
DOI |
Department of the Interior |
DOT |
Department of Transportation |
DSA |
Division of Scientific Authority |
EA |
Environmental Assessment |
EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
EO |
Element Occurrence |
EO |
Executive Order |
EOR |
Element Occurrence Report |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
EPPC |
Exotic Pest Plant Council |
ESA |
Ecological Society of America |
ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
FACA |
Federal Advisory Committee Act |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organisation |
FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
FEIS |
Fire Effects Information System |
FFI |
Fauna and Flora International |
FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
FICMNEW |
Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds |
FL-EPPC |
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council |
FLPMA |
Federal Land Policy and Management Act |
FNA |
Flora of North America |
FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
FR |
Federal Register |
FS |
See USFS. |
FWS |
See USFWS. |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
GAO |
General Accounting Office |
GCA |
Garden Club of America |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GISP |
Global Invasive Species Program |
GM |
Group Manager |
GPO |
Government Printing Office |
GPPC |
Global Partnership for Plant Conservation |
GRIN |
Germplasm Resources Information Network |
GSA |
General Services Administration |
GSPC |
Global Strategy for Plant Conservation |
HCP |
Habitat Conservation Plan |
HEAR |
Hawaii Ecosystems At Risk |
I&M |
Inventory and Monitoring |
IAE |
Institute for Applied Ecology |
IAFWA |
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies |
IB |
Information Bulletin |
IM |
Instruction Memorandum |
IPANE |
Invasive Plant Atlas of New England |
IPAW |
Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin |
IPCNYS |
Invasive Plant Council of New York State |
IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
ITIS |
Integrated Taxonomic Information System |
IUCN |
The World Conservation Union (formerly International Union for the Conservation of Natureand Natural Resources) |
IWLA |
Isaak Walton League of America |
JFSP |
Joint Fire Science Program |
LTER |
Long-Term Ecological Research Sites |
MA-EPPC |
Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MPWG |
Medicinal Plant Working Group |
MR |
Management Recommendations |
NAA |
Natural Areas Association |
NAC |
USDA National Agroforestry Center |
NACD |
National Association of Conservation Districts |
NAPPC |
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign |
NAPSG |
North American Plant Specialist Group |
NAS |
National Academy of Sciences / National Audubon Society |
NBII |
National Biological Information Infrastructure |
NCGRP |
National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation (formerly National Seed Storage Laboratory) |
NCTC |
National Conservation Training Center |
NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
NEWFS |
New England Wild Flower Society |
NFMA |
National Forest Management Act |
NFWF |
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
NIFC |
National Interagency Fire Center |
NISC |
National Invasive Species Council |
NIWAW |
National Invasive Weed Awareness Week |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPCI |
Native Plant Conservation Initiative |
NPMD |
Native Plant Materials Development |
NPS |
National Park Service |
NPSO |
Native Plant Society of Oregon |
NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NSN |
Native Seed Network |
NSSL |
See NCGRP. |
NSTC |
National Science & Technology Center |
NTFP |
Non-Timber Forest Product |
NWF |
National Wildlife Federation |
OIG |
Office of Inspector General |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
ORV |
Off-Road Vehicles |
OSA |
Office of Scientific Authority |
OSMRE |
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement |
PCA |
Plant Conservation Alliance |
PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
PDR |
Personal Data Recorder |
PFP |
Partners for Plants |
PLANTS |
NRCS National PLANTS Database |
PMC |
Plant Materials Centers |
RBG |
Royal Botanic Gardens |
RWG |
Restoration Working Group |
SCA |
Student Conservation Association |
SCB |
Society for Conservation Biology |
SE-EPPC |
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council |
SER |
Society for Ecological Restoration International |
SMG |
Species Management Guide |
SOS |
Seeds of Success |
SSC |
Species Survival Commission |
SWCS |
Soil and Water Conservation Society |
T&E |
See TAE. |
TAE |
Threatened and Endangered |
TESRA |
Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act |
TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UPS |
United Plant Savers |
USACE |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
USAID |
US Agency for International Development |
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
USDI |
See DOI. |
USFS |
United States Forest Service |
USFWS |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. |
USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
VegSpec |
Vegetative Practice Design Aplication |
WCI |
Wildlife Conservation International |
WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
WWF |
World Wildlife Fund / World Wide Fund for Nature |
ZSSD |
Zoological Society of San Diego |