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Jarbidge Draft RMP/EIS List of Acronyms 

LIST OF ACRONYMS 

μg/m3 micrograms per cubic meter 

ACEC Area of Critical Environmental Concern 

ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 

AGP annual grazing plan 

AML Appropriate Management Level 

AMR Appropriate Management Response 

ARMS Aquatic and Riparian Management Strategy 

ATV all-terrain vehicle 

AUM animal unit month 

BA biological assessment 

BLM Bureau of Land Management 

BMP best management practice 

BO biological opinion 

BOR Bureau of Reclamation 

c Celsius 

CA Carey Act of 1894 

CAR Communities at Risk 

CCA Candidate Conservation Agreement 

CDC Conservation Data Center 

CEQ Council of Environmental Quality 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

cfs cubic feet per second 

cfu colony forming units 

CH4 methane 

CO2 carbon dioxide 

CRMP Cultural Resource Management Plan 

CTTMP Comprehensive Transportation and Travel Management Plan 

CX categorical exclusion 

DEQ Idaho Department of Environmental Quality 

DLE Desert Land Entry Act of 1877 

DNA Documentation of NEPA Adequacy 

DO dissolved oxygen 

DOD Department of Defense 

DOI Department of the Interior 

E. coli Escherichia coli 

EIS Environmental Impact Statement 

EMF electric and magnetic fields 

EO element occurrence 

EPA Environmental Protection Agency 

ERMA Extensive Recreation Management Area 

ES&BAR Emergency Stabilizations & Burned Area Rehabilitation 

ESA Endangered Species Act of 1973 

EUA Exclusive Use Area 

F Fahrenheit 

FAA Federal Aviation Administration 

FAR functioning-at-risk 

FAR-DN functioning-at-risk with a downward trend 

FAR-NA functioning-at-risk with no apparent trend 

FAR-UP functioning-at-risk with an upward trend 

FCC Federal Communications Commission 

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

FLREA Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004 

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List of Acronyms Jarbidge Draft RMP/EIS 

FLTFA Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act of 2000 

FMP Fire Management Plan 

FO Field Office 

ft feet 

FRCC Fire Regime Condition Class 

FWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

GHG greenhouse gas 

GIS Geographic Information System 

HC Habitat Condition 

HFR Historic Fire Regime 

HMA Herd Management Area 

ICBEMP Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project 

ID Idaho 

ID Team Interdisciplinary Team 

IDFG Idaho Department of Fish and Game 

IDL Idaho Department of Lands 

IDPR Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation 

IDWR Idaho Department of Water Resources 

IISC Idaho Invasive Species Council 

IM Instruction Memorandum 

IMP Interim Management Policy for Lands under Wilderness Review 

IMPLAN Impact Analysis for Planning 

INFISH Inland Native Fish Strategy 

IOP interagency operating procedure 

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 

ISDA Idaho State Department of Agriculture 

ITD Idaho Transportation Department 

JEDI Jobs and Economic Development Impact 

kg kilograms 

km/h kilometers per hour 

kV kilovolt 

kWh/m2 kilowatt hours per square meters 

LWCF Land & Water Conservation Fund 

MFP Management Framework Plan 

MIM Multiple Indicator Monitoring 

MIST Minimum Impact Suppression Tactics 

mg/kg milligrams per kilogram 

mg/L milligrams per liter 

ml milliliters 

MOA Military Operating Area 

MOU Memorandum of Understanding 

mph miles per hour 

MSTI Mountain States Transmission Intertie 

MUA Multiple Use Area 

MW megawatts 

MWH megawatt hours 

MWMT maximum weekly (7-day) mean temperature 

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

NAICS North American Industry Classification System 

NAIP National Agricultural Imagery Program 

NCA National Conservation Area 

NDEP Nevada Division of Environmental Protection 

NDOW Nevada Department of Wildlife 

NDWR Nevada Division of Water Resources 

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

NF non-functioning 

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NHD National Hydrologic Data 

NHPA	 National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 

NHT	 National Historic Trail 

NLCS National Landscape Conservation System 

NMFS	 National Marine Fisheries Service 

NOI	 Notice of Intent 

NRCS	 Natural Resource Conservation Service 

NSO	 No Surface Occupancy 

NTSA	 National Trails System Act of 1978 

NV Nevada 

NWSRS	 National Wild and Scenic River System 

OHV	 off-highway vehicle 

ORV	 Outstandingly Remarkable Value 

OPLMA	 Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 

OSHA	 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

PEIS preliminary environmental impact statement 

PFC proper functioning condition 

PFY Potential Fossil Yield 

PILT Payments-in-Lieu of Taxes 

PIT passive integrated transponder 

PL Public Law 

PLO	 Public Land Order 

PM2.5	 particulate matter with diameter of 2.5 microns or less 

PM10 particulate matter with diameter of 10 microns or less 

PNC potential natural community 

PNVG	 potential natural vegetation group 

POD Plan of Development 

ppm	 parts per million 

PURPA	 Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 

R&PP Recreation and Public Purposes Act of 1954 

RAC	 Resource Advisory Council 

RAS Rangeland Administration System 

RCA	 Riparian Conservation Area 

RES Renewable Energy Systems 

RFD	 Rural Fire District 

RFDS	 Reasonably Foreseeable Development Scenario 

RMIS Recreation Management Information System 

RMP	 Resource Management Plan 

RMZ	 Recreation Management Zone 

ROD	 Record of Decision 

ROW right-of-way 

S-Class	 successional class 

S&G Idaho Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing 

Management 

SCS Soil Conservation Service 

SGCN Species of Greatest Conservation Need 

SHPO	 State Historic Preservation Office 

SRMA Special Recreation Management Area 

SRP special recreation permit 

SSA Stipulated Settlement Agreement in the case of Western Watershed Project v. Bennett et 

al. (Case No. CV-04-181-S-BLW) (D. Idaho). 

SSURGO	 Soil Survey Geographic Database 

SWIP Southwest Intertie Project 

TCP	 traditional cultural property 

Tg	 teragram 

TMA Travel Management Area 

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List of Acronyms Jarbidge Draft RMP/EIS 

TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load 

TNR Temporary Non-Renewable Authorizations 

TSS total suspended solids 

USAF United States Air Force 

USGS United States Geological Survey 

UTV utility vehicle 

VMA Vegetation Management Area 

VRI visual resource inventory 

VRM Visual Resource Management 

VSG vegetation sub-group 

WNV West Nile Virus 

WO Washington Office 

WSA Wilderness Study Area 

WSR Wild and Scenic River 

WSRA Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 

WUI Wildland Urban Interface 

WWP Western Watersheds Project 

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