Arkansas Habitat

Acronyms

Acronym	What it stands for	What it is or does
AFO	Animal Feeding Operation
APFO	Aerial Photography Field Office	FSA's photo lab
AWWA	American Water Works Association	Drinking Water Quality and Supply Society
BMP	Best Management Practice
BPA	Blanket Purchase Agreement
CAFO	Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
CCE	Common Computing Environment
CCRP	Continuous Conservation Reserve Program
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CIG	Conservation Innovation Grants	USDA NRCS Grants
CLU	Common Land Unit	FSA field
CMS	Conservation Management System
CMU	Conservation Management Units	Planned Units
CMZ	Crop Management Zone	Used in RUSLE2
CNMP	Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan
COE	Corp of Engineers
CP	Conservation Practice
CPPE	Conservation Practice Physical Effects	Planning Tool
CRA	Common Resource Areas	Subdivision of MLRAs
CREP	Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program	FSA Program
CRM	Coordinated Resource Management
CRP	Conservation Reserve Program
CSG	Conservation System Guide
CSP	Conservation Security Program	Voluntary Conservation Program
CTSG	Conservation Tree and Shrub Group
CTA	Conservation Technical Assistance
CY	Calendar Year
EA	Environmental Assessment
EBI	Environmental Benefits Index
EE	Environmental Evaluation
EFOTG	Electronic Field Office Technical Guide
EI	Erodibility Index
EIS	Environmental Impact Statement
EQIP	Environmental Quality Incentive Program
ESA	Endangered Species Act
EWP	Emergency Watershed Program
EWRP	Emergency Wetlands Reserve Program	Wetland Restoration Assistance
FOTG	Field Office Technical Guide	Technical Conservation Guidelines and Standards
FPP	Farmland Protection Program
FR	Federal Register
FRPP	Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
FSA	Farm Service Agency
FWP	Farmed Wetlands Pilot Program
GAO	General Accounting Office	Investigative arm of Congress charged with examining matters relating to the receipt and payment of public funds.
GIS	Geographic Information System
GRP	Grassland Reserve Program
GSOP	General Signup Offer Process	CRP
HEL	Highly Erodible Land
HU	Hydrologic Unit	USGS Watersheds
IWM	Irrigation Water Management
LESA	Land Evaluation and Site Assessment
LRA	Land Resource Area
LTA	Long-term Agreement
MLRA	Major Land Resource Areas
MU	Mapping Unit
NAPRA	National Agricultural Pesticide Risk Analysis
NEPA	National Environmental Policy Act
NHPA	National Historic Preservation Act
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPDES	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NRI	National Resources Inventory
O&M	Operation and Maintenance
PDR	Practice Documentation Requirement	TSP the required documentation
PIP	Practice Incentive Payment	CRP
PL	Public Law
PLS	Pure Live Seed
PMC	Plant Materials Center
PRS	Performance Results System
RC & D	Resource Conservation & Development
RED	Regional Economic Development
RFP	Request For Proposal
RMA	Risk Management Agency
RMS	Resource Management System
RUSLE	Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
SIP	Signing Incentive Payment	CRP
SLO	Sponsoring Local Organizations
SRR	Soil Rental Rates
SSPE	Site Specific Practice Effects
STIR	Soil Tillage Intensity Rating	soil condition value
SWCA	Soil and Water Conservation Assistance
T & E	Threatened and Endangered Species
TMDL	Total Maximum Daily Load
TSP	Technical Service Provider
USLE	Universal Soil Loss Equation	before RUSLE
WEQ	Wind Erosion Equation
WESL	Wind Erosion Soils List
WHEG	Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Guide
WHIP	Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program
WIN-PST	Windows Pesticide Screening Tool
WRP	Wetlands Reserve Program

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