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Acronyms
ACAMP: Alabama Coastal Area Management Program
ACBT: Alabama Coastal Birding Trail
ACES: Alabama Center for Estuarine Studies
ACES: Alabama Cooperative Extension System
ACES: Army Corps of Engineers
ACF: Alabama Coastal Foundation
ADCNR: Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
MRD: Marine Resource Division
SLD: State Lands Division
WFFD: Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division
ADECA: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
ADEM: Alabama Department of Environmental Management
ADPH: Alabama Department of Public Health
AFC: Alabama Forestry Commission
AFS: American Fisheries Society
AGCRC: Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council (State related to BP funding)
ALANSTF: Alabama Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
ALDOT: Alabama Department of Transportation
AMSA: Association of Metropolitan Sewer Agencies
ANS: Aquatic Nuisance Species
ANSTF: National Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
AOS: Alabama Ornithological Society As Arsenic
APHIS: Animal and Plant Health Inspection
AUMERC: Auburn University Marine Extension Research Center
AWW: Alabama Water Watch
BMPs: Best Management Practices
CACWP: Coastal Alabama Clean Water Partnership
CBCP: Coastal Bird Conservation Program
CCA: Coastal Conservation Association
CCL: Construction Control Line
CCMP: Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan
CCWWG: Coastal Counties Wetland Working Group
CMP: Corridor Management Plan
CRI: Community Resilience Index
CSO: Combined Sewer Overflows
CWA: Clean Water Act
DIN: Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen
DIP: Dissolved Inorganic Phosphorous
DO: Dissolved Oxygen
DISL: Dauphin Island Sea Lab
DRCR: Dog River Clearwater Revival
EFH: Essential Fish Habitat
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
EPCRA: Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
FAMP: Fisheries Assessment and Monitoring Program
FWS: Fish and Wildlife Service
GCERC: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Federal Arm related to BP funding)
GMP: Gulf of Mexico Program
GOMA: Gulf of Mexico Alliance
GSA: Geological Society of America
GSA: Geological Survey of Alabama
GSMFC: Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
HABs: Harmful Algal Blooms Hg Mercury
LID: Low Impact Development
MASGC: Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
MAWSS: Mobile Area Water and Sewer System
MBAS: Mobile Bay Audubon Society
MBNEP: Mobile Bay National Estuary Program
MCHD: Mobile County Health Department
MCWCA: Mobile County Wildlife and Conservation Association
MDN: Mercury Deposition Network
MHW: Mean High Water
MWW: Muddy Water Watch
NADP: National Atmospheric Deposition Program
NAFSMA: National Association of Flood and Storm Water Management Agencies
NARS: National Aquatic Resources Surveys
NAS: Non-indigenous Aquatic Species
NAWQA: National Water-Quality Assessment
NEMO: Non Point Education for Municipal and Elected Officials
NERR: National Estuarine Research Reserve
NCCA: National Coastal Condition Assessment
NFWF: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (BP funding related)
NISA: National Invasive Species Act
NMFS: National Marine Fisheries Service
NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPS: Non Point Source (Pollution)
NRCS: Natural Resource Conservation Service
NRDA: Natural Resource Damage Assessment (BP funding related)
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NTN: National Trends Network monitoring site
OAR: Office of Archaeological Research
OSAA: Organized Seafood Association of Alabama
RESTORE: Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and Revived Economies (BP settlement)
SABA: South Alabama Birding Association
SARPC: South Alabama Regional Planning Commission
SAV: Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
SRS: Soil Conservation Service
SSO: Sanitary Sewer Overflow
SWCD: Soil and Water Conservation District
TMDL: Total Maximum Daily Load
TNC: The Nature Conservancy
TRI: Toxic Release Inventory
USACE: United Stated Army Corps of Engineers
WES: Waterways Experiment Station Service
USCG: U.S. Coast Guard
USDA: United Stated Department of Agriculture
USFWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS: U.S. Geological Survey
VOCs: Volatile Organic Compounds
WBNERR: Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
WBWW: Wolf Bay Watershed Watch
WRATT: Waste Reduction and Technology Transfer Program