| ACEC | Area of Critical Environmental Concern |
| ADP | Automated Data Processing |
| AFCS | Alaskan Fire Control Service |
| ALDS | Automatic Lightning Detection System |
| ALMRS | Automated Land and Mineral Record System |
| AMP | Allotment Management Plan |
| ANCSA | Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act |
| ANILCA | Alaska Natural Interest Lands Conservation Act |
| ARPA | Archaeological Resources Protection Act |
| AUM | Animal Unit Month |
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| BIFC | Boise Interagency Fire Center |
| BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
| BMT | Bureau Management Team Bureau (see BLM) |
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| CCC | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| CEQ | Council on Environmental Quality |
| CMA | Cooperative Management Agreements |
| CMU Act | Classification and Multiple Use Act |
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| DM | District Manager |
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| EA | Environmental Assessment |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
| EMARS | Energy Mineral Allocation Recommendation System |
| EMARS II | Energy Minerals Activity Recommendation System |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESI | Ecological Site Inventory |
| ESO | Eastern States Office |
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| FLPMA | Federal Land Policy and Management Act |
| FOGRMA | Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act |
| FS | Forest Service |
| FWPCA | Federal Water Pollution Control Act |
| FWS | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
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| GLO | General Land Office |
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| HMP | Habitat Management Plan |
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| IAMS | Initial Attack Management System |
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| KGS | Known Geologic Structure |
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| LIS | Land Information System |
| LWCF | Land and Water Conservation Fund |
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| MFP | Management Framework Plan |
| MMS | Minerals Management Service |
| MOSS | Map Overlay and Statistical System |
| MTP | Master Title Plat |
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| NABC | National Advisory Board Council |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| NHPA | National Historic Preservation Act |
| NRDC | Natural Resources Defense Council |
| NWCG | National Wildfire Coordinating Group |
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| OAS | Office of Aircraft Services |
| O&C | Oregon and California |
| OCS | Outer Continental Shelf |
| OEPR | Office of Environmental Project Review |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| ORRRC | Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission |
| ORV | Off-Road Vehicle |
| OTA | Office of Technology Assessment |
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| P&EC | (Division of) Planning and Environmental Coordination |
| PET | Petroleum Engineering Technician |
| PLLRC | Public Land Law Review Commission |
| PRIA | Public Rangelands Improvement Act |
| PSD | Prevention of Significant Deterioration |
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| R&PP Act | Recreation and Public Purposes Act |
| RAWS | Remote Automated Weather Stations |
| RMP | Resource Management Plan |
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| SIMO | Simultaneous Oil and Gas Leasing Program |
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| URA | Unit Resource Analysis |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
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| WSA | Wilderness Study Area |