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| ACEC |
Area of Critical Environmental Concern: The management objective for an area designated as an ACEC would be to protect that particular resource, potentially at the exclusion of conflicting resource values. An ACEC designation can apply to visual resources, wildlife resources, etc. |
| ALSPA |
America's Land Sovereignty Protection Act |
| ANPRM |
Advanced Notice of Proposed Wilderness |
| AMP |
Allotment Management Plan |
| AMA D36 |
American Motorcycle Association District 36 |
| APD |
Application for Permit to Drill: The BLM, after following the NEPA process and preparing an EA or EIS may either approve or deny such application. |
| ARF |
Animal Rights Fanatic |
| ARWA |
America's Redrock Wilderness Act |
| ATV |
All Terrain Vehicle |
| AUM |
Animal Unit Month |
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| DEIS |
Draft Environmental Impact Statement: See EIS |
| DOI |
Department of Interior |
| DR/FONSI |
Decision Record/Finding of No Significant Impact: Signed decision of the agency stating that the agency has found that no significant impact to the environment would result from the proposed action. This decision may be appealed to the state director. |
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| EA |
Environmental Assessment: The document that NEPA requires the agencies to prepare in order to address and analyze proposed actions on public lands. The EA must address issues raised by the public during "scoping." |
| EDF |
Environmental Defense Fund |
| EF |
Earth First! |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement: A document similar to, but much more extensive than, an EA. An EIS must analyze all cumulative, direct, and indirect impacts of a proposed action. |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ETRN |
Eco Terrorist Response Network |
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| FLPMA |
Federal Land Policy and Management Act: The law that governs the management of BLM lands. |
| FOE |
Friends of the Earth |
| FS |
Forest Service |
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| GAG |
Green Advocacy Group |
| GIS |
Global Information System |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
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| HR 1500 |
House Resolution Number normally assigned randomly. This number has been repeatedly used and is synonymous with Utah Land Use. |
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| IBLA |
Interior Board of Land Appeals: The final administrative appeals body for any proposed actions on public lands. |
| IRR |
Interim Road Rules |
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| MFP |
Management Framework Plan |
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| NAIA |
National Animal Interest Alliance |
| NCA |
National Conservation Area |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act: The law that forces the BLM and Forest Service to involve the public in the decision-making process. |
| NOHVCC |
National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council, Inc. |
| NOI |
Notice of Intent |
| NPCA |
National Parks and Conservation Association |
| NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Program |
| NRA |
National Recreation Area |
| NRTFA |
National Recreational Funds Act, renamed Recreational Trails Program Act under the Transportation Equality Act for the 21st Century. |
| NSO |
No Surface Occupancy: No structures may be built or placed within an area classified as NSO. The RMP for a particular area should delineate the oil and gas categories throughout the area ranging from Category I-IV, where: I - open, II - restricted, III - NSO, and IV - no leasing. |
| NTC |
Nevada Trails Coalition |
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| OHV |
Off Highway Vehicle |
| ONA |
Outstanding Natural Area |
| ORV |
Off Road Vehicle |
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| Resources Agency |
(California) Resources Agency |
| RMA |
Resource Management Area |
| RMP |
Resource Management Plan: The thick and sometimes multi-volume guiding document for each BLM resource area. The plans are not static, but may be amended as different resources become more important. |
| ROS |
Recreational Opportunity Spectrum |
| ROW |
Right of Way |
| RS 2477 |
RS 2477 Rights-of-way or More info on RS 2477 |
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| VRM |
Visual Resource Management: These are management objectives for visual values. Once VRM classes are established, the visual objective must be met. |
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| Wildlands Project |
The Wildlands Project: An ambitious environmental agenda being proposed that would place over 50% of the United States into 'core habitat' areas with interconnecting 'linkages'. |
| WS |
Wild & Scenic: Certain stretches of rivers that qualify may be Congressionally designated as wild and/or scenic. This designation is similar to "wilderness," and would prevent boating, jet-skis, and developments within a defined river corridor. |
| WSA |
Wilderness Study Area: The BLM is required to manage these areas to prevent degradation of their wilderness characteristics. It is important to note that these areas have not yet been designated as wilderness by Congress, but are instead those areas that the BLM has identified as holding potential wilderness characteristics. |
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