Conserving America's Wetlands 2008:
Four Years of Partnering Resulted in
Accomplishing the President's Goal

Acronyms

BLM - Bureau of Land Management, DOI
CBBEP - Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
CEAP - Conservation Effects Assessment Project, USDA
CELCP - Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, NOAA
CEQ - Council on Environmental Quality
CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
CERP - Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
CIAP - Coastal Impact Assistance Program
CREP - Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
CRP/NOAA - Community-based Restoration Program, DOC/NOAA
CRP/FSA - Conservation Reserve Program, USDA/FSA
CTA - Conservation Technical Program, USDA/NRCS
CWA - Clean Water Act
CWPPRA - Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
CWRP - Corporate Wetlands Planning Restoration Partnership, USDA/Coastal America
CZM - Coastal Zone Management Program, NOAA
DARRP - Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program, DOC/NOAA
DOA - Department of the Army
DOC - Department of Commerce
DOI - Department of the Interior
DOT - Department of Transportation
ECOS - Environmental Conservation Online System, DOI/FWS
EMAP - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program, EPA
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program, USDA/NRCS
ERDC - Engineer Research and Development Center, DOA/USACE
ERP - Environmental Restoration Program, DOA/USACE
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
FHWA - Federal Highway Administration, DOT
FSA - Farm Service Agency, USDA
FWMA - Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance
FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service, DOI
GAO - Government Accountability Office, Congress
GIS - Geographic Information System
HREP - Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project, DOA/USACE
JVs - Joint Venture Partnerships, DOI/FWS
NAWCA - North American Wetlands Conservation Act, DOI/FWS
NEP - National Estuary Program, EPA
NERRS - National Estuary Research Reserve System, DOC/NOAA
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, DOC
NPS - National Park Service, DOI
NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA
NRDAR - Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration, DOI/FWS
NRI - National Resources Inventory, USDA/NRCS
NSDI - National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NWI - National Wetlands Inventory, DOI/FWS
NWRS - National Wildlife Refuge System, DOI/FWS
OMB - Office of Management and Budget
OPA - Oil Pollution Act of 1990
PCSRF - Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, DOC/NOAA
PMC - Plant Materials Center, USDA/NRCS
SAFETEA - Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act
USACE - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOA
USBR - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, DOI
USDA - U.S. Department of Agriculture
USFS - U.S. Forest Service, USDA
USGS - U.S. Geological Survey, DOI
WHIP - Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, USDA/NRCS
WHWWG - White House Wetlands Working Group
WRP - Wetlands Reserve Program, USDA/NRCS