ACRONYMS

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ABNERR	Apalachicola Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
ACF	Alabama Coastal Foundation
ACT	GOMA Alliance Coordination Team
ADCNR	Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
ADEM	Alabama Department of Environmental Management
AMT	GOMA Alliance Management Team

BTNEP	Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program

CBBEP	Coastal Bends, Bays and Estuaries Program
CCR	Coastal Community Resilience
CELC	Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers
CHNEP	Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program
CBSM	Community Based Social Marketing

DISL	Dauphin Island Sea Lab

EEN	Environmental Education Network
EIA	GOMA Ecosystem Integration and Assessment Team
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency

FLDEP	Florida Department of Environmental Management
FWG	Gulf of Mexico Alliance Federal Workgroup

GBEF	Galveston Bay Estuary Foundation
GBEP	Galveston Bay Estuary Program
GCOOS	Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
GCOOS EOC	GCOOS Education and Outreach Council
GMF	Gulf of Mexico Foundation
GMP	Gulf of Mexico Program
GBNERR	Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
GMF	Gulf of Mexico Foundation
GOM	Gulf of Mexico
GOMA	Gulf of Mexico Alliance
GOMAEEN	Gulf of Mexico Alliance Environmental Education Network
GOMP	Gulf of Mexico Program (EPA)
GPS	Global Positioning System
GRN	Gulf Restoration Network

HAB	Harmful Algal Bloom
HCRT	GOMA Habitat, Conservation and Restoration Team

K-12	Kindergarten through 12th Grade, formal education
K-20	Kindergarten through Graduate education, formal education

LADEQ	Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

MANERR	Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve
MARE	Marine Activities, Resources and Education
MASGC	Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
MBNEP	Mobile Bay National Estuary Program
MSDMR	Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
MS DEQ	Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
MSU	Mississippi State University

NAAEE	North American Association of Environmental Education
N	GOMA Reducing Nutrients Input Team
NBII	National Biological Information Infrastructure
NCDDC	National Coastal Data Development Center
NCLI	No Child Left Inside (proposed national legislation)
NEP	National Estuary Program
NGI	Northern Gulf Institute
NGO	Non-governmental organization
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA CSC	NOAA Coastal Services Center
NOAA GCSC	NOAA Gulf Coast Services Center
NOAA SPO	NOAA Special Projects Office
NPS	National Park Service
NSF	National Science Foundation
NWRC	National Wetlands Research Center

PIT	Priority Issue Team
PMN	Phytoplankton Monitoring Network

RBNERR	Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

SBEP	Sarasota Bay Estuary Program
STEM	Science , Technology, Engineering and Math

TBEP	Tampa Bay Estuary Program
TCEQ	Texas Council on Environmental Quality
TNC	The Nature Conservancy

USACE	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USFCSM	University of South Florida Center for Social Marketing
USFWS	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS	U.S. Geological Survey
UUP	Underserved and Underrepresented Populations

WBNERR	Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
WQ	GOMA Water Quality Team

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