B. Acronyms
AFW Agriculture, Fish and Water Forum
AWB Association of Washington Business
AWC Association of Washington Cities
BA Biological Assessment
BAS Best Available Science
BLM Bureau of Land Management
BMP Best Management Practices
BO Biological Opinion
BPA Bonneville Power Administration
CAO Critical Area Ordinances
CCA Candidate Conservation Agreement
CDs Conservation Districts
cfs Cubic feet per second
CFO Conservation Farm Option
COE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
CREP Conservation Reserve Enhancement
Program
CRP Conservation Reserve Program
CWA Clean Water Act
CWSP Coordinated Water Supply Plans
CZMP Coastal Zone Management Program
DCTED Department of Community Trade and
Economic Development
DFW Department of Fish and Wildlife
DNR Department of Natural Resources
DOA Department of Agriculture
DOE Department of Ecology
DOH Department of Health
DOT Department of Transportation
EFH Essential Fish Habitat
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESA Endangered Species Act
ESHB Engrossed Substitute House Bill
ESU Evolutionary Significant Units
FCAAP Flood Control Assistant Account Program
FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement
FEMAT Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment
Team
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FOTG Field Office Technical Guide
FPB Forest Practice Board
FSA Farm Service Agency
FTE Full Time Equivalent
FWS Fish and Wildlife Service
FY Fiscal Year
GCNR Government Council on Natural Resources
GIS Geographic Information System
GMA Growth Management Act
HB House Bill
HCP Habitat Conservation Plan
HPA Hydraulic Project Approval
IAC Interagency Committee for Outdoor
Recreation
IFIM Instream Flow Incremental Method
IPSW Interagency Permit Streamlining
Workgroup
IRT Interagency Review Team
ISAT Interagency Science Advisory Team
ISIS Integrated Salmonid Information
System
ISP Independent Science Panal
JARPA Joint Aquatic Resource Permit
Application
JFE Jobs for the Environment
JNRC Joint Natural Resources Cabinet
LCREP Lower Columbia River Estuary Program
LCSCI Lower Columbia Steelhead Conservation
Initiative
LWD Large Woody Debris
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NAS National Academy of Science
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Services
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System
NRC National Research Council
NRCS Natural Resource Conservation Service
NWIFC Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
NWPPC Northwest Power Planning Council
OFM Office of Financial Management
PFC Properly Functioning Condition
PFH Properly Functioning Habitat
PFP Properly Functioning Population
PHS Priority Habitat Species
PI Priority Index
PSAT Puget Sound Action Team
PSWQAT Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team
PSWQMP Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan
PUD Public Utility Distric
PWS Public Water Systems
RCW Revised Code of Washington
SASSI Salmon and Steelhead Stock Inventory
SaSI Salmonid Stock Inventory
SEPA State Environmental Policy Act
SMA Shoreline Management Act
SMP Shoreline Master Program
SOS Save Our Wild Salmon
SRFB Salmon Recovery Funding Board
SSB Substitute Senate Bill
SSHEAR Salmonid Screening, Habitat Enhancement and
Restoration
SSHIAP Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Information
and Assessment Project
SSRS Statewide Salmon Recovery Strategy
TFW Timber, Fish, and Wildlife
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
UGA Urban Growth Areas
USBR United States Bureau of Reclamation
USCE United States Corps of Engineers
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USEPA United States Environmental Protection
Agency
USFS United States Forest Service
USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Services
USGS United States Geological Survey
WA Washington
WAC Washington Administrative Code
WACD Washington Association of Conservation
Districts
WAFEF Washington Agriculture and Forestry
Education Foundation
WASHPIRG Washington Public Interest Research Group
WAU Watershed Administrative Unit
WCC Washington Conservation Corps
WDFW Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife
WHIP Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
WRIA Water Resource Inventory Area
WSAC Washington State Association of
Counties
WSDA Washington State Department of
Agriculture
WSDOT Washington State Department of
Transportation
WSP Wild Salmonid Policy
WSU Washington State University