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The following acronyms refer to organizations, agencies and processes related to Columbia River Basin fish and wildlife.
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| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| 4SOS | For the Sake of Salmon |
| ABNC | Allan Brooks Nature Center |
| ACCD | Asotin County Conservation District |
| ADFG | Alaska Department of Fish & Game |
| AFAC | Anadromous Fish Advisory Committee |
| AFS | American Fisheries Society |
| All-H | Habitat, Harvest, Hatcheries, & Hydrosystems |
| ANS | Association of Northwest Steelheaders |
| AP Portland | Associated Press Portland |
| AP Seattle | Associated Press Seattle |
| APR | APR Summary Group |
| APR | Artificial Production Review |
| APRE | Artifical Production Review and Evaluation |
| AR | American Rivers |
| ATA | Alaska Trollers Association |
| ATNI | Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians |
| ATNI | ATNI Executive Board |
| Battelle | Battelle Pacific NW Laboratories |
| BBN | Bayesian Belief Network |
| BCE | British Columbia Environment |
| BCLSS | BC Lake Stewardship Society |
| Beak | Beak Consultants, Inc. |
| BEF | Bonneville Environmental Foundation |
| Benewah SWCD | Benewah Soil and Water Conservation District |
| BIA | U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| Biomark | Biomark, Inc. |
| BiOp | Biological Opinion |
| BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
| BLM | U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
| BMLT | Blue Mountain Land Trust |
| BOG | Budget Oversight Group |
| Bonner SWCD | Bonner Soil and Water Conservation District |
| Boundary SCD | Boundary Soil Conservation District |
| BPA | Bonneville Power Administration |
| BPC | Business Practices Committee |
| BPC Database | BPC Database Subcommittee |
| BPI | Balaton Power, Inc. |
| BPT | Burns Paiute Tribe |
| Bqi | BioQuest International Consulting Ltd. |
| BRAT | Biological Risk Assessment Team |
| BRLT | Bitter Root Land Trust |
| Bruneau SCD | Bruneau Soil Conservation District |
| CAP | Collaborative Analytical Process |
| CART | Classification and Regression Tree |
| Cat Tracks | Cat Tracks Wildlife Consulting |
| CBC | Chewuch Basin Council |
| CBCIS | Columbia Basin Cooperative Information System |
| CBFR, LLC | Columbia Basin Fishing Restoration, LLC |
| CBFTF | Chehalis Basin Fisheries Task Force |
| CBFWA | Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Authority |
| CBFWF | Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
| CBI | Clearwater BioStudies, Inc. |
| CCC | Cowiche Canyon Conservancy |
| CCCD | Chelan County Conservation District |
| CCD | Columbia Conservation District |
| CCT | Colville Confederated Tribes |
| Cd'AT | Coeur d'Alene Tribe |
| CDFG | California Department of Fish & Game |
| CDLT | Chelan-Douglas Land Trust |
| CEC | Columbia Environmental Consulting Ltd. |
| CEDA | Clearwater Economic Development Association |
| CIT | Coquille Indian Tribe |
| Clark PUD | Clark Public Utilities |
| Clearwater BAG | Clearwater Basin Advisory Group |
| CLS | Christina Lake Stewardship |
| COE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (see also USACE) |
| COK | City of Kelowna |
| COTR | Contract Officer's Technical Representative |
| Cowlitz PUD | Cowlitz PUD |
| CPP | Currently Permitted Program |
| CPRC&D | Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development, Inc. |
| CPUD | Chelan County PUD |
| CRA | Columbia River Alliance |
| CRB | Columbia River Basin |
| crest | Columbia River Estuary Task Force |
| CRI | Cumulative Risk Initiative |
| CRITFC | Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission |
| CSKT | Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation |
| CSMEP | Collaborative Systemwide Monitoring & Evaluation Group |
| CSMEP | RME CSMEP Technical Workgroup |
| CSS | Comparative Survival Study |
| CTCR | Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation |
| CTGR | Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde |
| CTUIR | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation |
| CTWS | Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs |
| CUB | Citizens' Utility Board of Oregon |
| Custer SWCD | Custer Soil & Water Conservation District |
| CWA | Clean Water Act |
| CWU | Central Washington University |
| DBLT | Deschutes Basin Land Trust |
| DCWC | Deschutes County Watershed Council |
| Deschutes SWCD | Deschutes Soil & Water Conservation District |
| DFO | Dept of Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
| DFO | Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
| DFWG | Decision Framework WG |
| DMFS | DMFS / CBFWA Data Mgmt Framework Subcommittee |
| DNF | Deschutes National Forest |
| DRC | Deschutes Resources Conservancy |
| DRC | Deschutes River Conservancy |
| DSI | Direct Service Industries |
| EA | Environment Canada |
| EBAEC | EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. |
| EC | Environmental Consultants |
| ecovista | ecovista |
| EDSI | EnviroData Systems, Inc. |
| EDT | Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment |
| EnTrust | Energy Trust of Oregon |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERO | ERO Resources |
| ero | ERO Resources Corp |
| ESA | Eco Social Analyst |
| ESA | Endangered Species Act |
| Essa | ESSA Technologies Ltd. |
| ESU | Evolutionary Significant Unit |
| EWU | Eastern Washington University |
| FBC | Friends of Brant's Creek |
| FCA | Farmer's Conservation Alliance |
| FCCD | Foster Creek Conservation District |
| FCRPS | Federal Columbia River Power System |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FishPro | Fish Pro, Inc. |
| FLT | Flathead Land Trust |
| FOE | Friends of the Earth |
| FPAC | Fish Passage Advisory Committee |
| FPC | Fish Passage Center |
| FPCB | Fish Passage Center Board |
| fphr | Fish Passage and Habitat Resoration |
| FPI | Food Producers of Idaho |
| FRBC | Fisheries Renewal BC |
| Free Run | Free Run Aquatic Research |
| Friends WSR | Friends of the White Salmon River |
| FSOC | Fish Screening Oversight Committee |
| FTR | Friends of the Teton River |
| Fullerton C | Fullerton College |
| FVLT | Five Valleys Land Trust |
| FY03 | Sponsors - FY 2003 |
| FY07IntPart | Interested Parties - FY2007-2009 Solicitation |
| FY07Sponsor | Sponsors - FY 2007-2009 Solicitation |
| Garfield CC | Garfield County Commissioners |
| GEC | Geostream Environmental Consulting |
| Gem CC | Gem County Commissioners |
| GeoEngineer | GeoEngineers, Inc. |
| Gilliam CC | Gilliam County Commission |
| Gilliam SWCD | Gilliam Soil & Water Conservation District |
| GLIER | Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research |
| GLT | Greenbelt Land Trust |
| GMU | Geographic Management Unit |
| Grant SWCD | Grant Soil and Water Conservation District |
| Greenway | Yakima Greenway Foundation |
| GRMI | Global Resources Management, Inc. |
| GRMW | Grande Ronde Model Watershed |
| GSRO | Governor's Salmon Recovery Office |
| GVLT | Gallatin Valley Land Trust |
| GWEB | Governor's Watershed Enhancement Board |
| GYC | Greater Yellowstone Coalition |
| Harza | Harza Northwest |
| HCSEG | Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group |
| Hells | Hells Canyon Alliance |
| Henrys Fk Fnd. | Henry's Fork Foundation |
| HEP | Habitat Evaluation Procedures |
| herrera | Herrera Environmental Consultants, Inc. |
| HGMP | Hatchery and Genetic Management Plan |
| HRVRC | Hood River Valley Resident's Committee |
| HUC | Hydrologic Unit Code |
| IAC | Inter-Agency Committee for Outdoor Recreation |
| IAC | Office of the Interagency Committee |
| IACI | Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry |
| ICBEMP | Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project |
| ICC | Idaho County Commission |
| ICL | Idaho Conservation League |
| ICNU | Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities |
| ID | State of Idaho |
| ID DEQ | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality |
| ID Legislature | Idaho Legislature |
| ID OSC | Idaho State Office of Species Conservation |
| Idaho State | Idaho State University |
| Idaho SWCD | Idaho Soil & Water Conservation District |
| IDFG | Idaho Department of Fish & Game |
| IDHW | Idaho Department of Health & Welfare |
| IDOA | Idaho Department of Agriculture |
| IDPR | Idaho Department of Parks & Recreation |
| IDWR | Idaho Department of Water Resources |
| IDWR | Idaho Water Resources |
| IFIA | Intermountain Forest Industries Association |
| IFPL | Idaho Foundation for Parks & Lands |
| IHOT | Integrated Hatchery Operations Team |
| IHP | Innovations in Harvest & Production Workshop |
| IPC | Idaho Power Company |
| IRU | Idaho Rivers United |
| ISAB | Independent Scientific Advisory Board |
| ISCC | Idaho Soil Conservation Commission |
| ISRP | Independent Scientific Review Panel |
| ISSU | Idaho Steelhead & Salmon Unlimited |
| IT | Implementation Team |
| IWF | Idaho Wildlife Federation |
| IWRRI | Idaho Water Resources Research Institute |
| Jefferson CC | Jefferson County Commission |
| Jefferson CCrs | Jefferson County Commissioners |
| Jefferson SWCD | Jefferson County SWCD |
| Jerome CC | Jerome County Commissioners |
| JHLT | Jackson Hole Land Trust |
| KCWP | Kittitas County Water Purveyors |
| KRN | Kootenai River Network, Inc. |
| KSU | Kansas State University |
| KT | Kalispel Tribe |
| KTOI | Kootenai Tribe of Idaho |
| Lake County CD | Lake County Conservation District |
| Latah SWCD | Latah Soil and Water Conservation District |
| LCES | Lake Country Environmental Society |
| LCFEG | Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group |
| LCFRB | Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board |
| LCPUD | Lewis County Public Utility District |
| LCREP | Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership |
| Lemhi SWCD | Lehmi Soil & Water Conservation District |
| Lemhi SWCD | Lemhi and Custer Soil and Water Conservation Districts |
| LP | Louisiana Pacific Corporation |
| LRDA | Lake Roosevelt Development Association |
| LSCD | Lewis Soil Conservation District |
| LSRCP | Lower Snake River Compensation Plan |
| LTTV | Land Trust of Treasure Valley |
| MAG | Members Advisory Group |
| Marion SWCD | Marion Soil and Water Conservation District |
| MB&G | Mason Bruce & Girard, Inc |
| MBR | Member |
| MC | Methow Conservancy |
| MELP | Ministry Environment Land and Parks |
| MESL | MacDonald Environmental Sciences Ltd. |
| MFWP | Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks |
| Monument SWCD | Monument Soil and Water Conservation District |
| MRT | McKenzie River Trust |
| MRT | Methow River Trust |
| MSCG | Coordination Group - Mountain Snake |
| MSRT | Mainstem Systemwide Review Team |
| MVVC | Methow Valley Citizens Council |
| MWT | Montana Water Trust |
| NAFWS | Native American Fish and Wildlife Society |
| NAS | National Audubon Society |
| NCAC | Northwest Conservation Act Coalition |
| NCLC | North Coast Land Conservancy |
| NEOH | Northeast Oregon Hatchery |
| NFHA | National Fish Habitat Action |
| NFS | Native Fish Society |
| NFWF | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
| NHA | Northwest Hydroelectric Association |
| NIU | Northwest Irrigation Utilities |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOAA Fisheries | NOAA Fisheries |
| NOAA Fisheries | NOAA Fisheries Service |
| NPCC | Northwest Power and Conservation Council |
| NPMP | Northern Pikeminnow Mgmt Program |
| NPPA | Northwest Pulp & Paper Association |
| NPS | National Park Service |
| NPSWCD | Nez Perce Soil & Water Conservation District |
| NPT | Nez Perce Tribe |
| NRCS | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| NRDC | Natural Resources Defense Council |
| NSIA | Northwest Sportfishing Industry Assoc. |
| NVEPA | Nevada Div. Of Environmental Protection |
| NW Alliance | Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance |
| NWFSC | Northwest Fisheries Science Center |
| NWIFC | Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission |
| NWPPA | Northwest Public Power Association |
| OBWB | Okanagan Basin Water Board |
| OCD | Okanogan Conservation District |
| ODFW | ODFW |
| ODFW | Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife |
| ODLC&D | Oregon Department of Land Conservation & Development |
| ODOT | Oregon Department of Transportation |
| OFGC | Oceola Fish and Game Club |
| OGI | Oregon Graduate Institute |
| OHSU | Oregon Health Sciences University |
| OLWQS | Osoyoos Lake Water Quality Society |
| ONA | Okanagan Nation Alliance |
| ONFC | Okanagan Nation Fisheries Commission |
| ONRC | Oregon Natural Resource Council |
| OR | State of Oregon |
| OR DEQ | Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
| oregonrep | Oregon Representative |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| OSBFP | Okanagan Similkameen Boundary Fisheries Partnership |
| OSC | Office of Species Conservation |
| OSP | Oregon State Police |
| OSU | Oregon State University |
| OT | Oregon Trout |
| OWEB | Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board |
| OWRD | Oregon Water Resources Department |
| PacifiCorp | Pacific Power in Oregon |
| PALT | Payette Land Trust |
| PATH | Plan for Analyzing and Testing Hypotheses |
| PBI | Pacific Biodiversity Institute |
| PCFFA | Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations |
| PDX | City of Portland |
| PFMC | Pacific Fishery Management Council |
| PFRCC | Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council |
| PGE | Portland General Electric |
| PLT | Palouse Land Trust |
| PNAMP | Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership |
| PNDSA | Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association |
| PNGC | PNGC Power |
| PNGC Power | Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative |
| PNUCC | Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee |
| PNWA | Pacific Northwest Waterways Association |
| POST | Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project |
| PPC | Public Power Council |
| PPL Montana | PPL Montana |
| PPLT | Prickly Pear Land Trust |
| PPWG | Plan for the Plan Work Group |
| PR Work Group | PR Work Group |
| PRG | Provincial Review Group |
| PS | Planning Subcommittee |
| PSMFC | Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission |
| PSU | Portland State University |
| PUD | Public Utility District |
| PWA | Philip Williams and Associate, Ltd. |
| RAAC | Regional Assessment Advisory Committee |
| RC&D | Central Highlands Resource Conservation & Development Council |
| RDCO | Regional District of Central Okanagan |
| RDMC | Regional Data Management Committee |
| RDOS | Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen |
| RFAC | Resident Fish Advisory Committee |
| RFC | Resident Fish Committee |
| RiverPartners | Northwest RiverPartners |
| RM&E | Regional Monitoring and Evaluation |
| RMEcon | RMEcon |
| RMEF | Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation |
| RMEG | Recovery Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Group |
| RRP | Red River Project |
| RSG | Regional Strategy Group |
| RVWS | Rose Valley Watershed Steward |
| Salmon Corps | Earth Conservation Salmon Corps |
| SAT | Subbasin Assessment Team |
| SBPG | Ad hoc Subbasin Planning Group |
| SBT | Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall |
| SCT | System Configuration Team |
| SEG | Strategic Effectiveness Group, LLC |
| SFF | Sustainable Fisheries Foundation |
| SIFERP | Southern InteriorForest Extension Research Partnership |
| SILT | Southern Idaho Land Trust |
| SIWA | Sauvie Island Wildlife Area |
| SKC | Salish Kootenai College |
| SMID | Selah Moxee Irrigation District |
| SMP | Smolt Monitoring Progam |
| SNC | Sierra Nevada College |
| SNFC | Shuswap Nation Fisheries Commission |
| SOLC | Southern Oregon Land Conservancy |
| SOS | Save Our Wild Salmon |
| SOS | Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition (SOS) |
| SP | Stewardship Partners |
| SPC | S.P. Cramer & Associates, Inc. |
| SPSSEG | South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group |
| SPT | Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Reservation |
| SRP | Smilkameen River Project |
| SRT | Subbasin Review Team |
| SSI | Sawtooth Society, Inc. |
| SSWC | Sherman County Soil & Water Conservation District |
| STI | Spokane Tribe of Indians |
| StreamNet | StreamNet |
| SUNY | State University of New York |
| SW BAG | Southwest Basin Advisory Group |
| SWAM | Salmon Watershed Analysis Model |
| SWCD | Santiam Water Control District |
| SWCD | Soil and Water Conservation District |
| SWCD | Soil and Water Conservation District Program |
| SWID RC&D | SW Idaho Resource Conservation & Development Council |
| t | Analytical Coordinated Team |
| TBFC | Thompson Basin Fisheries Council |
| template | BPC Template SubCommittee |
| TGG | Transboundary Gas Group |
| tl | Anadromous Fish Committee |
| TMDL | Total Maximum Daily Load |
| TMT | Technical Management Team |
| TNC | The Nature Conservancy |
| TPL | Trust for Public Lands |
| TRLC | Three Rivers Land Conservancy |
| TRLT | Teton Regional Land Trust |
| Tryon Creek RMP | Tryon Creek Resource Management Partnership |
| TU | Trout Unlimited |
| UCD | Underwood Conservation District |
| UCUT | Upper Columbia United Tribes |
| UCWD | Umatilla County Weed |
| UDWR | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |
| UI | University of Idaho |
| Umatilla PWD | Umatilla County Public Works Department |
| Umatilla SWCD | Umatilla County Soil and Water Conservation District |
| Union SWCD | Union County Soil and Water Conservation District |
| Uppr Col RFEG | Upper Columbia Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group |
| US House | United States House of Representatives |
| US Senate | United States Senate |
| USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USBR | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| USBR | United States Bureau of Reclamation |
| USBWP | Upper Salmon Basin Watershed Project |
| USCG | U.S. Coast Guard |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USDI | U.S. Department of Interior |
| USFS | U.S. Forest Service |
| USFWS | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
| USFWS | USFWS Bozeman Fish Technology Center |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| USRT | Upper Snake River Tribes |
| UW | Umpqua Watersheds, Inc. |
| UW | University of Washington |
| VMILT | Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust |
| VSP | Viable Salmonid Populations |
| WA | State of Washington |
| WAC | Wildlife Advisory Committee |
| Wasco SWCD | Wasco County SWCD |
| Washington SWCD | Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District |
| WC | Wildlife Committee |
| WDE | Washington Department of Ecology |
| WDFW | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife |
| WDNR | Washington Department of Natural Resources |
| WDOT | Washington Department of Transportation |
| Wetlands | The Wetlands Conservancy |
| WHA | White Horse Associates, Inc. |
| WHOI | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| wildfish | Wild Fish for Oregon |
| WNRC | Western Natural Resources Center |
| WPN | Watershed Professionals Network, LLC |
| WQT | Water Quality Team |
| WRIA | Water Resource Inventory Area |
| WRLT | Wood River Land Trust |
| WSCC | Washington State Conservation Commission |
| WSJ | Wall Street Journal |
| WSRO | Washington Salmon Recovery Office |
| WSU | Washington State University |
| WT | Washington Trout |
| WVRD | Wallowa Valley Ranger District |
| WWO | WaterWatch of Oregon |
| Yamhill SWCD | Yamhill County SWCD |
| YBFWRB | Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board |
| YN | Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation |