| Acronym |
What It Means |
| AFO |
Animal Feeding Operations |
| ASTC |
Assistant State Conservationist |
| BMP |
Best Management Practice |
| BPA |
Blanket Purchase Agreement |
| CAFO |
Confined Animal Feeding Operation |
| CCE |
Common Computing Environment |
| CCI |
Contract Completion Incentive |
| CCRP |
Continuous Conservation Reserve Program |
| CIG |
Conservation Innovation Grants |
| CL |
Center Line |
| CLU |
Common Land Unit |
| CMS |
Conservation Management System |
| CMU |
Conservation Management Units |
| CMZ |
Crop Management Zone |
| CNMP |
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan |
| COE |
Corp of Engineers |
| CP |
Conservation Practice |
| CPPE |
Conservation Practice Physical Effects |
| CRA |
Common Resource Areas |
| CREP |
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program |
| CRP |
Conservation Reserve Program |
| CSG |
Conservation System Guide |
| CSP |
Conservation Security Program |
| CST |
Customer Service Toolkit |
| CTA |
Conservation Technical Assistance |
| CY |
Current Year Contract Activities |
| DAC |
District Administrative Coordinator |
| DC |
District Conservationist |
| DOQ |
Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles |
| DOQQ |
Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EBI |
Environmental Benefits Index |
| EE |
Environmental Evaluation |
| EFOTG |
Electronic Field Office Technical Guide |
| EI |
Erodibility Index |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| ENM |
Enhancement Nutrient Management for CSP |
| EPM |
Enhancement Pest Management for CSP |
| EPP |
Existing Practice Payment for CSP |
| EQIP |
Environmental Quality Incentive Program |
| ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
| FSM |
Enhancement Soil Management for CSP |
| EWM |
Enhancement Water Management for CSP |
| EWP |
Emergency Watershed Program |
| FA |
Financial Assistance |
| FedBizOp |
Federal Business Opportunities |
| FFIS |
Foundation Financial Information System |
| FIRS |
Farm Irrigation Rating System |
| FLRP |
Forest Land Recovery Program |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| FONSI |
Finding Of No Significant Impact |
| FOTG |
Field Office Technical Guide |
| FPP |
Farmland Protection Program |
| FR |
Federal Register |
| FRPP |
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program |
| FSA |
Food Security Act |
| FSA |
Farm Service Agency |
| GAO |
General Accounting Office |
| CCPI |
Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (originally
Conservation Partnership Initiative (CPI) |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GLCI |
Gazing Land Conservation Initiative |
| GM |
General Manual |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GRP |
Grassland Reserve Program |
| GSA |
General Services Administration |
| GSAT |
Grazing System Analysis |
| GSOP |
General Signup Offer Process |
| HEL |
Highly Erodible Land |
| HU |
Hydrologic Unit |
| IAS |
Integrated Accountability System |
| ICAMS |
Internet Combined Administrative System |
| ITC |
Information Technical Center |
| IWM |
Irrigation Water Management |
| JWOD |
Javits-Wagner-O'Day (purchasing items from or made by people
who are blind or severely disabled) |
| LESA |
Land Evaluation and Site Assessment |
| LRSSF |
Limited Resource Small Scale Farmer |
| LOC |
Library of Congress |
| LRA |
Land Resource Area |
| LRF |
Limited Resource Farmer |
| LTA |
Long-term Agreement |
| MAS |
Mobile Access System |
| MLRA |
Major Land Resource Areas |
| MU |
Mapping Unit |
| NACD |
National Association of Conservation Districts |
| NAPRA |
National Agricultural Pesticide Risk Analysis |
| NED |
National Economic Development |
| NEDC |
National Employee Development Center, NRCS |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NFSAM |
National Food Security Act Manual |
| NHEL |
Non-highly Erodible Land |
| NHPA |
National Historic Preservation Act |
| NHQ |
National Headquarters |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPDES |
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
| NPPH |
National Planning Procedure Handbook |
| NRD |
Natural Resource District |
| NRI |
National Resources Inventory |
| NTC |
National Technical Centers, NRCS |
| NTSC |
National Technology Support Centers, NRCS |
| O&M |
Operation and Maintenance |
| OIG |
Office of Inspector General |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OSE |
Other Social Effects |
| P&G |
Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines |
| PCMS |
Purchase Card Management System |
| PCS |
Pasture Condition Score Sheet |
| PDR |
Practice Documentation Requirement |
| PHEL |
Potentially Highly Erodible Land |
| PIP |
Practice Incentive Payment |
| PL |
Public Law |
| PLS |
Pure Live Seed |
| PMC |
Plant Materials Centers, NRCS |
| POINTS |
Program Operations Information Tracking System |
| ProTracts |
Program Contracts System |
| PRS |
Performance Results System |
| PY |
Prior Year Contracts |
| RA |
Regional Attorney |
| RAMP |
Rural Abandoned Mine Program |
| RC&D |
Resource Conservation and Development |
| RD |
Rural Development |
| RED |
Regional Economic Development |
| RF |
Reimbursable - Federal |
| RIF |
Reduction In Force |
| RFP |
Request For Proposal |
| RMA |
Risk Management Agency |
| RMS |
Resource Management System |
| RN |
Reimbursable - Non-Federal |
| RUSLE |
Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation |
| RUSLE2 |
Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation 2 |
| SC |
Soil Conservationist |
| SCI |
Soil Conditioning Index |
| SCIMS |
Service Center Information Management System |
| SCT |
Soil Conservation Technician |
| SIMS |
Skills Information Management System |
| SIP |
Signing Incentive Payment |
| SHPO |
State Historic Preservation Officer |
| SL |
State and Local Programs |
| SLO |
Sponsoring Local Organizations |
| SP |
Stewardship Payment for CSP |
| SRC |
State Resource Conservationist |
| SRR |
Soil Rental Rates |
| SSPE |
Site Specific Practice Effects |
| STC |
State Conservationist |
| STIR |
Soil Tillage Intensity Rating |
| SWAPA |
Soil, Water, Air, Plants, Animals |
| SWCA |
Soil and Water Conservation Assistance |
| SWCC |
Soil and Water Conservation Committee |
| SWCD |
Soil and Water Conservation District |
| SWCS |
Soil and Waters Conservation Society |
| TA |
Technical Assistance |
| T & E |
Threatened and Endangered Species |
| THPO |
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer |
| TNG |
Toolkit Next Generation |
| TMDL |
Total Maximum Daily Load |
| TSP |
Technical Service Provider |
| TSP |
Thrift Savings Plan |
| TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
| U.S.C. |
United States Code |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USLE |
Universal Soil Loss Equation |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
| WAE |
When Actually Employed (students, etc.) |
| WebTCAS |
Web Based Total Cost Accounting System |
| WHEG |
Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Guide |
| WHI |
Wildlife Habitat Index |
| WHIP |
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program |
| WINPOND |
Windows Pond Designing Tool |
| WIN-PST |
Windows Pesticide Screening Tool |
| WLA |
Workload Analysis |
| WRP |
Wetlands Reserve Program |
| Forms |
| AD |
Ag Department |
| ADS |
Administrative Services |
| CCC |
Commodity Credit Corporation |
| CPA |
Conservation Planning and Application |
| ECN |
Economics |
| ECS |
Ecological Sciences |
| FNM |
Financial Management |
| GSA |
General Service Administration |
| LTP |
Long Term Project |
| MGT |
Management |
| OF |
Optional Form |
| OPM |
Office of Personnel Management |
| PDM |
Project Development and Maintenance |
| SF |
Standard Form |
| SOI |
Soils |
| TSP |
Thrift Savings Plan |
| Wetlands/Highly Erodible Lands |
| AW |
Artificial Wetland |
| CC |
Commenced Conversion |
| CMW |
Categorical Minimal Effect |
| CPD |
Corps Permit Decision |
| CW |
Converted Wetland |
| CWNA |
Converted Wetland Non-Agricultural use |
| CWTE |
Converted Wetland Technical Error |
| FW |
Farmed Wetland |
| FWP |
Farmed Wetland Pasture |
| MIW |
Mitigation Wetland |
| MW |
Minimal Effect Wetland |
| MWM |
Minimal effect with Mitigation |
| NI |
Not Inventoried |
| NW |
Non-wetland |
| NW/NAD |
Non-wetland resulting from National Appeal Decision |
| OW |
Other Waters |
| PC |
Prior Converted |
| PC/NW |
Prior Converted/Non-Wetland |
| TP |
Third Party Exemption |
| W |
Wetlands |
| WX |
Manipulated wetland, not for production purposes |