Reference Library: Abbreviations and Acronyms

AOC - Area of Concern

BMPS - Best Management Practices

CAFO - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation

CD - Conservation District

COE - Corps of Engineers

CREP - Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program

CRP - Conservation Reserve Program

CWA - Clean Water Act

CWH - Coldwater Habitat

DC - District Conservationist

DNAP - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves (Within ODNR)

DSW - Division of Surface Water (OEPA)

EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program

EWH - Exceptional Warmwater Habitat

FS - Forest Service

FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service

GIS - Geographic Information System

GLC - Great Lakes Commission

GLNPO - Great Lakes National Program Office

GLPF - Great Lakes Protection Fund

HEL - Highly Erodible Land

IBI - Index of Biotic Integrity

IJC - International Joint Commission

LEPF - Lake Erie Protection Fund

MORPC - Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission

MVRPC - Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission

MWH - Modified Warmwater Habitat

NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act

NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPS - Nonpoint Source (Pollution)

NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service

OARDC - Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center

ODA - Ohio Department of Agriculture

ODH - Ohio Department of Health

ODNR - Ohio Department of Natural Resources

OEEF - Ohio Environmental Education Fund

OEMA - Ohio Emergency Management Agency

OEPA - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

OGRIP - Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program

OKI - Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments

PL566 - Public Law 83-566 (Small Watershed Program)

RAP - Remedial Action Plan

RC&Amp;D - Resource Conservation and Development Areas

RFP - Request For Proposal

SWCD - Soil And Water Conservation District

TMDL - Total Maximum Daily Load

USDA - U.S. Department of Agriculture

USEPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

USFWS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS - United States Geological Survey

WHP - Wellhead Protection

WRP - Wetland Reserve Program

WWH - Warmwater Habitat