| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| BMP |
Best Management Practice |
| BORIIS2 |
Biota of Rhode Island Information System 2 |
| CCMP |
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan |
| CFRF |
Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation |
| CRC |
Coastal Resources Center |
| CRMC |
Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council |
| CSO |
Combined Sewer Overflow |
| CSS |
Combined Sewer System |
| CT |
Connecticut |
| CT DEEP |
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act |
| CZM |
Coastal Zone Management |
| DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
| EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPA NCCA |
EPA National Coastal Condition Assessment |
| EPA NPDES |
EPA National Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
| EPA ORD-ACESD |
EPA Office of Research and Development, Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division |
| EPA WQX |
EPA Water Quality Exchange |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| HAB |
Harmful Algal Bloom |
| HUC12 |
Hydrologic Unit Code 12 |
| IIJA |
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act |
| LID |
Low Impact Development |
| MA |
Massachusetts |
| MA CZM |
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management |
| MADMF |
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries |
| MassDOT |
Massachusetts Department of Transportation |
| MassECAN |
Massachusetts Ecosystem Climate Adaptation Network |
| MA EOEEA |
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |
| MassDEP |
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection |
| MA DER |
Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration |
| MassWildlife |
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife |
| MRP |
Municipal Resilience Program |
| MS4 |
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System |
| MVP |
Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program |
| NAACC |
North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative |
| NBC |
Narragansett Bay Commission |
| NBEP |
Narragansett Bay Estuary Program |
| NBNERR |
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve |
| NEIWPCC |
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission |
| NEP |
National Estuary Program |
| NFWF |
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOAA B-WET |
NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training |
| NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NRA |
Natural Resource Area |
| NRCS |
National Resource Conservation Service |
| NRCS EQIP |
NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program |
| NRICD |
Northern Rhode Island Conservation District |
| OWTS |
Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated Biphenyl |
| PFAS |
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances |
| RAMP |
Restoration, Assessment, and Monitoring Program |
| RI |
Rhode Island |
| RIDEM |
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management |
| RIDOT |
Rhode Island Department of Transportation |
| RIEMC |
Rhode Island Environmental Monitoring Collaborative |
| RINHS |
Rhode Island Natural History Survey |
| RIPDES |
Rhode Island Point Discharge Elimination System |
| RIRRC |
Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation |
| RWU |
Roger Williams University |
| SAC |
NBEP Science Advisory Committee |
| SAMP |
Special Area Management Plan |
| SLAMM |
Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model |
| SLR |
Sea Level Rise |
| SNEP |
Southeast New England Program |
| SRPEDD |
Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District |
| TMDL |
Total Maximum Daily Load |
| TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
| TNC-MA |
The Nature Conservancy - Massachusetts |
| TNC-RI |
The Nature Conservancy - Rhode Island |
| UMass |
University of Massachusetts |
| URI |
University of Rhode Island |
| URI-CI |
University of Rhode Island - Coastal Institute |
| USACE |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USDOE |
U.S. Department of Education |
| USDOI |
U.S. Department of Interior |
| USDOT |
U.S. Department of Transportation |
| USFS |
U.S. Forest Service |
| USFWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| WWTF |
Wastewater Treatment Facility |