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Acronyms commonly used during FICMNEW meetings and in distributed notes,
and in the wider invasive species community (where possible)
Additions or errors? email asimpson@usgs.gov
Term/ Acronym | Meaning |
| ACE | Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense (also COE) |
ACK55 | Bioherbicide Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55 |
| AFPMB | Armed Forces Pest Management Board, Department of Defense |
| AFRI | Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (NIFA), Department of Agriculture |
| AGOL | ArcGIS OnLine |
AM | Ante Meridian (morning) |
AMS | Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture |
ANSTF | Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force |
APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
APIPP | Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program |
| ARS | Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture |
ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| BIA | Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior |
BLM | Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior |
BOR | Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior |
| BMP | Best Management Practices |
| CABI | Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (now simply CABI) |
| CDO | Chief Data Officer |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer |
CISP | Center for Invasive Species Prevention |
CO | Colorado |
| COE | Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense (also ACE) |
CONABIO | National Commission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (in Spanish) |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (gene editor) |
| CRP | Conservation Research Program, Department of Agriculture |
| CSREES | formerly, USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (now NIFA) |
CWMA | Cooperative Weed Management Area |
D7 | bioherbicide Pseudomonas fluorescens strain D7 |
DC | District of Columbia |
DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DNA | DioxyriboNucleic Acid |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DOI | Department of the Interior |
DOS | Department of State |
DOT | Department of Transportation |
| DwC | Darwin Core data sharing standard |
EA | Environmental Assessment |
EAB | Emerald Ash Borer |
EDDMapS | Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System |
EDRR | Early Detection Rapid assessment and Response |
EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
| EML | Ecological Metadata Language |
EO | Executive Order |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPMT | Exotic Plant Management Team (National Park Service) |
EPPC | Exotic Plant Pest Council |
| ESA | Environmental Site Assessment, also Endangered Species Act |
| ESRI | Environmental Systems Research Institute |
ET | Eastern Time |
FACA | Federal Advisory Committee Act |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FEIS | Fire Effects Information System |
FHWA | Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation |
| FICFED | FICMNEW elist for federal employees (formerly called SAFED) |
FICMNEW | Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds |
| FNWL | Federal Noxious Weeds List |
| FS | Forest Service, Department of Agriculture |
| FSA | Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture |
FWS | Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| GA | General Assembly |
| GAC | Geospatial Advisory Committee (NWRS) |
| GE | Genetically Engineered |
| GIO | Geospatial Information Officer |
| GISIN | Global Invasive Species Information Network |
GrSG | Greater Sage Grouse |
| IAS | Invasive Alien Species, or Invasive Species |
ICR | Internal Control Review |
| ID | Identify or identification; also, Idaho |
| IP | Invasive Plants |
IPC | Invasive Plant Council; also, Invasive Plant Control, Inc. |
IPM | Integrated Pest Management |
| ipmPIPE | Integrated Pest Management Pest Information Platform for Extension & Education |
| IPP | Invasive Plant Program (NPS) |
| IR-4 | Interregional Research Project Number 4 (Minor Crop Pest Management Program of USDA-NIFA) |
| IS | Invasive Species, or Invasive Alien Species |
ISAC | Invasive Species Advisory Committee (FACA Committee of NISC) |
| ISC | Invasive Species Compendium |
| ISTF | Invasive Species Task Force, Department of the Interior |
| IT | Information Technology |
ITAP | Federal Interagency Committee on Invasive Terrestrial Animals and Pathogens |
| ITIS | Integrated Taxonomic Information System (SI) |
LLC | Limited Liability Company |
MAP-21 | Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act |
| MN | Minnesota |
MOU | Memorandum Of Understanding |
NAISF | North American Invasive Species Forum (formerly Weeds Across Borders) |
NAISMA | North American Invasive Species Management Association (formerly NAWMA) |
NAISN | North American Invasive Species Network |
| NAPPRA | Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk Analysis (APHIS classification) |
| NARA | National Archives and Records Administration |
| NAS | Nonindigenous Aquatic Species |
NAWMA | North American Weed Management Association (former name, now NAISMA) |
NBVC | Naval Base Ventura County, Department of Defense |
| NCTC | National Conservation Training Center (FWS) |
NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| NFWF | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
NGO | Non-Governmental Organization, generally not-for-profit |
NIFA | National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Department of Agriculture (formerly CSREES) |
| NISAW | National Invasive Species Awareness Week (formerly NIWAW) |
NISC | National Invasive Species Council |
NISIMS | National Invasive Species Information Management System (BLM and NPS) |
| NIWAW | National Invasive Weeds Awareness Week (now NISAW) |
NOAA | National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency, Department of Commerce |
NPS | National Park Service, Department of the Interior |
| NRCS | Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture |
NW | North West |
| NWRS | National Wildlife Refuge System (FWS), Department of the Interior |
NY | New York |
OESHA | Office of Environment, Safety and Health Assessments, Department of Energy |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| OPMP | Office of Pest Management Policy, Department of Agriculture |
OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| PA | Pennsylvania |
| PCA | Plant Conservation Alliance |
| PLANTS | Plant List of Accepted Nomenclature, Taxonomy, and Symbols |
PM | Post Meridian (afternoon); also, Presidential Memorandum |
| POC | Point of Contact |
| PRIMR | Planning and Review of Inventory and Monitoring on Refuges |
PRISM | Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management |
| RAPP | Refuge Annual Performance Plans (FWS) |
RFP | Request For Proposals |
RFS | Renewable Fuel Standard program (EPA) |
RIN | Regulation Identification Number (EPA) |
| RLGIS | Refuge Lands Geographic Information System (FWS) |
RRISC | Reduce Risks from Invasive Species Coalition |
SD-DA | South Dakota Department of Agriculture |
| SI | Smithsonian Institution |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| Spp | Species |
SRTD | Seed Regulatory and Testing Division (AMS) |
SW | Southwest |
| TBD | To Be Determined |
| TDWG | Biodiversity Information Standards Taxonomic Database Working Group |
TN | Tennessee |
| UGA | University of Georgia |
URL | Web address; Uniform Resource Locator |
US | United States |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
USFS | United States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture |
USGS | United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior |
| UTM | Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system |
WAB | Weeds Across Borders (now North American Invasive Species Forum) |
| WG | Working Group |
| WGA | Western Governors’ Association |
WRA | Weed Risk Assessment |
| WGS84 | geodetic datum World Geodetic System 1984 |
WSSA | Weed Science Society of America |
| WWCC | Western Weed Coordinating Committee |