Environmental Acronyms

ENVIRONMENTAL ACRONYMS

Many documents on environmental issues are riddled with acronyms. They are so numerous that it is often hard to remember what they all mean. Here is a list of some commonly used, with special emphasis on terms used locally. If you have any additions to this list, please send an email to the webmaster. This list will be growing.

ACFSC	Arrowhead Communities Fire Safe Council
BBVFSC	Big Bear Valley Fire Safe Council
BLM	Bureau of Land Management
BOS	Board of Supervisors
CBD	Center for Biological Diversity
CDF	California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
CDFG	California Department of Fish and Game
CEQA	California Environmental Quality Act
CERES	California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
CIWTG	California Interagency Wildlife Task Group
CLAWA	Crestline Lake Arrowhead Water Agency
ConsCom	Conservation Committee
CNPS	California Native Plant Society
CWC	California Wilderness Coalition
DEIR	Draft Environmental Impact Report
DEIS	Draft Environmental Impact Statement
DFG	Department of Fish and Game
DRC	Developmental Review Committee
EA	Environmental Assessment
EIR	Environmental Impact Report
EIS	Environmental Impact Statement
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
ESA	Endangered Species Act
ExCom	Executive Committee
FEIS	Final Environmental Impact Statement
FONSI	Finding Of No Significant Impact
FoF	Friends of Fawnskin
FSC	Fire Safe Council
GPAC	General Plan Advisory Committee
GVL	Green Valley Lake
GVLCDP	Green Valley Lake Citizens for Disaster Preparedness
LACSD	Lake Arrowhead Community Services District
LitCom	Litigation Committee
LUPIN	California Land Use Planning Information Network
LWCF	Land and Water Conservation Fund

MAC	Municipal Advisory Council
MARTA	Mountain Area Regional Transit Authority
MAST	Mountain Area Safety Taskforce
MRFSC	Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council
MTHC	Mountain Top Hiking Club
NEPA	National Environmental Policy Act
NFLRMP	National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Also called the Forest Plan
OHV	Off highway vehicles
ORV	Off-road vehicles
PCT	Pacific Crest Trail
PCTA	Pacific Crest Trail Association
ROWIA	Rim of the World Interpretive Association
ROWT	Rim of the World Trail
SANBAG	San Bernardino Associated Governments
ROWRPD	Rim of the World Recreation & Park Dist.
SANBAG	San Bernardino Associated Governments
SBMG	San Bernardino Mountains Group
SBMLT	San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust
SBNFA	San Bernardino National Forest Association
SBNFT	San Bernardino National Forest Taskforce
SC	Sierra Club
SCA	Student Conservation Association
SCAG	Southern California Associated Governments
SGWA	San Gorgonio Wilderness Association
SOFA	Save Our Forests Association
SOPA	Schedule of Proposed Actions (Forest Service)
USDA	United States Dept of Agriculture (Forest Service)
USGA	United States Geological Survey
WSA	Wilderness Study Area