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Acronyms and Abbreviations

The list below contains acronyms and abbreviations used throughout this Web site. Look up other with the Acronym Finder from the FreeDictionary.

Acronym	Description
AMS	Agricultural Marketing Service
ANS	Aquatic Nuisance Species
ANSTF	Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
APHIS	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ARS	Agricultural Research Service
BLM	Bureau of Land Management
CABI	Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International
CBP	Customs and Border Protection
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CPHST	Center for Plant Health Science Technology
CSREES	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (now known as NIFA)
DHHS	Department of Health and Human Services
DHS	Department of Homeland Security
DOC	Department of Commerce
DOD	Department of Defense
DOE	Department of Energy
DOL	Department of Labor
DOI	Department of the Interior
DOS	Department of State
DOT	Department of Transportation
EDRR	Early Detection and Rapid Response
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
ERS	Economic Research Service
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization
FICMNEW	Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
FWS	Fish and Wildlife Service
FS	Forest Service
IFAS	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
IPM	Integrated Pest Management
IPPC	International Plant Protection Convention
ISAC	Invasive Species Advisory Committee
ITAP	Federal Interagency Committee on Invasive Terrestrial Animals and Pathogens
IUCN	International Union for Conservation of Nature
MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NAL	National Agricultural Library
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NBII	National Biological Information Infrastructure
NIFA	National Institute of Food and Agriculture (formerly known as CSREES)
NIH	National Institutes of Health
NISC	National Invasive Species Council
NISIC	National Invasive Species Information Center
NLM	National Library of Medicine
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPS	National Park Service
NRCS	Natural Resources Conservation Service
PBS	Public Broadcasting System
PPQ	Plant Protection and Quarantine
UN	United Nations
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture
USACE	United States Army Corps of Engineers
U.S.	United States
USGS	United States Geological Survey

Last Modified: Feb 24, 2011

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