AFB alternative formulation briefing

AHF Airborne Height Finder

AM adaptive management

ASA Assistant Secretary of the Army

ASPRS American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

ASR aquifer storage and recovery

ATLSS Across Trophic Level System Simulation

BEST Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

BMP best management practice

C canal

CAR Coordination Act Report

CEM conceptual ecological model

CERP Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

CESI Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CISRERP Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress

CROGEE Committee on the Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

C&SF Central and Southern Florida

CSOP Combined Structural and Operational Plan

CW Civil Works

DDD dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane

DDE dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene

DE district engineer

DEM Digital Elevation Model

DEP Department of Environmental Protection

DMSTA Dynamic Model for Storm Water Treatment Area

DOI U.S. Department of the Interior

DQO data quality objective

EAA Everglades Agricultural Area

ECP Everglades Construction Project

EDEN Everglades Depth Estimation Network

ELM Everglades Landscape Model

ENP Everglades National Park

FAU Florida Atlantic University

FBAMS Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Ecosystems Science

FDEP Florida Department of Environmental Protection

FGCU Florida Gulf Coast University

FIATT Florida Invasive Animals Task Team

FIU Florida International University

FSM feasibility scoping meeting

FWC Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

FY fiscal year

GAO Government Accountability Office

GIS geographic information system

HAED high-accuracy elevation data

HMDT high-resolution multi-data source topography

HSI Habitat Suitability Index

IAR Incremental Adaptive Restoration

IOP Interim Operational Plan

IPR in-progress review

IRL Indian River Lagoon

IRL-S Indian River Lagoon-South

ISOP Interim Structural and Operational Plan

kg kilogram

L levee

LiDAR Light Detection and Ranging

LILA Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment

LOER Lake Okeechobee and Estuary Recovery

MAP Monitoring and Assessment Plan

MCACES Micro-Computer Aided Cost Engineering System

mg milligrams

MISP Master Implementation Sequencing Plan

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MT metric ton

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NESS Northeastern Shark River Slough

NEWTT Noxious and Exotic Weed Task Team

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPS National Park Service

NRC National Research Council

NSM Natural Systems Model

NSRSM Natural System Regional Simulation Model

NWR National Wildlife Refuge

OMB Office of Management and Budget

P phosphorus

PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

PAL planning aid letter

PBA Palm Beach Aggregates

PCB polychlorinated biphenyl

PDT Project Delivery Team

PI principal investigator

PIR project implementation report

P.L. Public Law

PM performance measure

PMP project management plan

ppb parts per billion

ppm parts per million

PSTA periphyton stormwater treatment area

QASR Quality Assurance Systems Requirement

RECOVER Restoration Coordination and Verification

REMER Regional Engineering Model for Ecosystem Restoration

ROD Record of Decision

S structure

SAV submerged aquatic vegetation

SCCF Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation

SCG Science Coordination Group

SCT Science Coordination Team

SEI Sustainable Ecosystems Institute

SESI Spatially Explicit Species Index

SFERTF South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force

SFRSM South Florida Regional Simulation Model

SFWMD South Florida Water Management District

SFWMM South Florida Water Management Model

SHOALS Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne LiDAR Survey

SICS Southern Inland and Coastal Systems

SMA square mile area

SPOT System-wide Planning and Operations Team

SRS Shark River Slough

SSG Science Subgroup

STA stormwater treatment area

TIME Tides and Inflows in the Mangrove Ecotone

TP total phosphorus

TS Taylor Slough

UF University of Florida

USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS U.S. Geological Survey

WAM Watershed Assessment Model

WCA Water Conservation Area

WMA Wildlife Management Area

WPA Water Preservation Area

WRDA Water Resources Development Act

WSS West Shark Slough

WSTB Water Science and Technology Board

WY water year