AGNPS - Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Model AMC - Association of Minnesota Counties AU - Animal Unit AWQMP - Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Program
BERBI - Blue Earth River Implementation BERT - Blue Earth River Team BIA - Bureau of Indian Affairs BMP - Best Management Practice BNCJPB - Brown-Nicollet-Cottonwood Water Quality Joint Powers Board BOD - Biological Oxygen Demand BWSR - Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
CARE - Cost And Return Estimator program CBS - County Biological Survey CCI - Conservation Credit Initiative CCMR - Coalition for a Clean Minnesota River CD - County Ditch CERCLIS - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System CIR - Color Infrared Aerial Photography CLMP - Citizen Lake Monitoring Program CLP - Clean Lake Program CLWP - Comprehensive Local Water Planning COLA - Coalition of Lake Associations CREP - Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program CRP - Conservation Reserve Program CRU - Crop Residue Use CSAW - Common Stream and Watershed Numbering System CSMP - Citizen Stream Monitoring Program CT - Conservation Tillage CURE - Clean Up our River Environment CURA - Center for Urban and Regional Affairs CWA - Clean Water Act CWI - County Well Index CWP- Clean Water Partnership
DCA - Detrended Correspondence Analysis DEM - Digital Elevation Model DENR - South Dakota Department of Enviromental and Natural Resources DNR - Department of Natural Resources DOQ - Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle DOT - Department of Transportation DOW - Division of Waters DRG - Digital Raster Graphic DU - Ducks Unlimited
EIS - Environmental Impact Statement EPA - Environmental Protection Agency EQB - Environmental Quality Board EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentive Programs ESAP - Energy and Sustainable Agriculture Program EWI - Equal-Width Increment method EWP - Emergency Wetlands Program EWPP - Emergency Watershed Protection Program EWRP - Emergency Wetlands Reserve Program
FANMAP - Farm Nutrient/Pesticide Management Assessment Program FMB - Fall MoldBoard plowing FSA - Farm Service Agency FWMC - Flow Weighted Mean Concentration
GIS - Geographic Information System GPS - Global Positioning System GLEAMS - Groundwater Loading Effects of Agricultural Management Systems GRASS - Geographic Resources Analysis Support GWIS - Ground Water Site Inventory GWMAP - Ground Water Monitoring and Assessment Program
HEL - Highly Erodible Land HWIMS - Hazardous Waste Information Management System
IBI - Index of Biotic Integrety ICI - Invertabrate Community Index ISTS - Individual Sewage Treatment System
LAP - Lake Assessment Program LARS - Local Government Units Annual Reporting System LCMR - Legislative Commission for Minnesota Resources LGU - Local Government Unit LMIC - Land Management Information Center LSP - Land Stewardship Project LUST - Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Program
MAFC - Minnesota Agro-Forestry Cooperative MBI - Macroinvertebrate Biotic Index MCBS - Minnesota County Biological Survey MCNC - Minnesota Chapter Nature Conservatory MDA - Minnesota Department of Agriculture MDH - Minnesota Department of Health MDHA - Minnesota Deer Hunters Association MES - Minnesota Extension Service MGS - Minnesota Geological Survey MGSCGA - Minnesota Geological Survey, County Geologic Atlases MGSRGA - Minnesota Geological Survey, Regional Geologic Atlases MINLEAP - Minnesota Lake Eutrophication Analysis Procedure MISA - Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture MLMIS - Minnesota Land Management Information System MPF - Minnesota Pheasants Forever MRAP - Minnesota River Assessment Project MRBDC - Minnesota River Basin Data Center MRBJPB - Minnesota River Basin Joint Powers Board MSU - Minnesota State University, Mankato (Formerly Mankato State University) MWA - Minnesota Waterfowl Association
NAWCA - North American Wetland Conservation Act NAWQA - National Water Quality Assessment Program NHIS - Natural Heritage Information System NHP - Natural Heritage Program NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPDES - National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit Program NPS - Nonpoint Source NPSPP - Nonpoint Source Pollution Potential model NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service (Formerly Soil Conservation Service) NRI - Natural Resource Inventory NRRI - Natural Resources Research Institute NSF - National Science Foundation NUT MGT - Nutrient Management alternatives NWI - National Wetland Inventory NWIS - National Water Inventory System
OHWM - Ordinary High Water Mark
PDF - Portable Document File PIC - Minnesota State Planning Information Center PLP - Permanent List of Priorities
QHEI - Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index
RC&D - Resource Conservation and Development Program RCRCA - Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Areas RGA - Regional Geologic Assessment RIM - Reinvest In Minnesota RMS - Resource Management System RT - Ridge Tillage
SCMCCWPP - South Central Minnesota County Comprehensive Water Planning Project SDDWNR - South Dakota Department of Water and Natural Resources SED MGT - Sediment Management alternatives SFAM - Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota SLR - Streambank, Lakeshore, and Roadside Program SNA - Scientific and Natural Areas SPA - State Planning Agency SRWC - Short Rotation Woody Crop SSURGO - Soil Survey Geographic Database SWCD - Soil and Water Conservation District SWWP - South-west 9 County Water Planning
TAC - Technical Advisory Committee (for the 37 county MRBJPB) TNC - The Nature Conservancy TR20 - Technical Release 20 model TRS - Township, Range, Section TSD - Treatment, Storage, and Disposal TSI - Trophic Status Index TWINSPAN - Two-way Indicator Species Analysis
UgST - Underground Storage Tank UMRWD - Upper Minnesota River Watershed District U of M - University of Minnesota USACE - United States Army Corps of Engineers USDA - United States Department of Agriculture USDI - United States Department of Interior USFWS - United States Fish and Wildlife Service USGS - United States Geological Survey USLE - Universal Soil Loss Equation UTM -Universal Transverse Mercator
VIC - Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup VOC - Volatile Organic Compound
WBP - Water Bank Program WCA - Wetland Conservation Act WEQ - Wind Erosion Equation program WHIP - Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program WILL - Watershed Implementation from the Local Level WMA - Wildlife Management Area WRC - Water Resources Center, Minnesota State, Mankato WRP - Wetland Reserve Program WPA - Waterfowl Production Area WWTF - Wastewater Treatment Facility
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