E - The Environmental Magazine E. coli 0157:H7 (Escherichia Coli 0157:H7) - A bacterium that lives harmlessly in the intestines of animals such as cattle, reptiles, and birds. However, in humans the bacterium, which can be transmitted through foods, can cause bloody diarrhea, and also lead to hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a life threatening disease. Although other known strains of E. coli are thought to be harmless to humans, the 0157:H7 strain is particularly virulent and dangerous. It has been implicated in several major outbreaks of foodborne illness in recent years. After a 1993 outbreak in the West, caused by the consumption of undercooked hamburgers, resulted in hundreds of illnesses and several deaths, USDA began regularly testing samples of ground beef for the pathogen. USDA, as part of its new hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) rule, also now requires all meat and poultry slaughter plants to regularly test carcasses for generic E. coli (as opposed to the 0157:H7 strain) in order to verify that their sanitary systems are effectively controlling fecal contamination. e.g. - For example EA - Earth Action EA - Ease of Access EA - Easement Area EA - Eco-Agenda EA - Ecology Alliance EA - Elected Accountability EA - Eligible Activity (Transportation Enhancements) EA - Eligibility Application. The Eligibility Application identifies significant features of a corridor and outlines general goals to be accomplished through Scenic Highway designation. A draft of this report is available at http://www.glatting.com/theridge EA - Endangered America EA - Enforcement Agreement EA - Environmental Action EA - Environmental Advocacy EA - Environmental Analysis EA - Environmental Assessment EA - Environmental Auditing EA - Equity Analysis EA - Erosion Activity EA - Extension Agents EA - External Affairs EAA - Educate America Act (Goals 2000) EAB - External Advisory Board EAC - Environmental Action Council E & D - Exploration & Development EAE - Efficient And Effective EAF - Elimination of Armed Forces EAG - External Advisory Group EAGLE - Environmental Association for Great Lakes Education EAI - Eco-Agenda Implementation EAI - Enterprise for the Americas Initiative (IUCN) EAI - Ethan Allen Institute EAJA - The Equal Access to Justice Act EAL - Everyone A Learner EAM - Extremely Adhesive Material EAMS - Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills EAMST - Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills Test EANY - Environmental Advocates of New York (formerly the Environmental Planning Lobby - EPL) http://www.eany.org E&O - Education and Outreach EAP - Emergency Action Plan EAP - Environmental Action Plan EAPEI - East Asia and Pacific Environmental Initiative "USAID and State working with partners protecting the environment and improving livelihoods." From the EAPEI FAQ page at http://eapei.home.att.net/faqs.htm: "Are there other financial sources to support activities? European Tropical Forest Research Network has assembled a Funding Opportunities page, which might be useful. Another European funds source (all sectors) for a fee is at http://www.Welcomeeurope.com. US Foundations such as Packard Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and MacArthur Foundation are all active in the EAPEI region. See also National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grants." EAPEI 'Tool shed for partners:" http://eapei.home.att.net/tools.htm (a Must-Read) Early Forest Succession - The biotic (or life) community that develops immediately following the removal or destruction of vegetation in an area. For instance, grasses may be the first plants to grow in an area that was burned. Early seral species - Shrubs, such as ceanothus, and hardwoods, usually in tree form, such as red alder, bitter cherry and big leaf maple. These species start growing in natural succession soon after a disturbance (fire or logging). - Bioenergy Glossary Early Seral Stage - The period in the life of a forest stand from crown closure to ages 15-40. Due to stand density, the brush, grass, or herbs rapidly decrease in the stand. Hiding cover may be present. - BLM 2. A plant community with a species composition which is 0-25% of the potential natural community one would expect to find on that ecological site. - BLM Early Successional (Young) Forest/Early Successional Habitat - Same as Older Fields. - DOI/NPS http://www.nps.gov/cuva/management/rmprojects/ruraleis/ Early Successional Habitat - See Early Successional Forest. Early Successional Stage - One of the primary steps in a continuum leading to a mature biological community. Earth Summit - See United Nations Conference on Environment & Development (UNCED). Earthquake - A sudden motion or trembling of the earth caused by the abrupt release of accumulated stress along a fault (tectonic plate). Earthquake swarm - A series of minor earthquakes, none of which may be identified as the main shock, occurring in a limited area and time. - USGS Earthquake glossary Earthship - Housing constructed of castoff materials, such as aluminum cans and tires. Earthwork - Any one or a combination of the operations involved in altering or movement of earth. EAS - Experiments And Studies Easement - Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, of any designated part of such property. The right to use land owned by another for some specific purpose. An interest in land, less than ownership of title, which gives the holder of the easement certain rights, such as access to the land or specific uses of the land. A landowner sells or surrenders the right to develop a portion of the property, usually in return for a payment or some other benefit. Some local and state governments, and land trusts, have programs to acquire development easements from landowners to prevent conversion of farmland to other uses. Since the mid 1970s, conservation easements have been purchased to protect nearly 420,000 acres of farmland in 15 states, primarily in the Northeast. Easement - A method of acquiring partial use rights of land with no transfer of fee title. - Cornell Preservation Glossary 2. A right, as a right of way, afforded to a person or other entity to make limited use of another's real property. - DOI/NPS http://www.nps.gov/cuva/management/rmprojects/ruraleis/ Easement - 1. An interest in land created by grant or agreement that confers a right upon owners to some profit, benefit, dominion, or lawful use of or over the estate of another; it is district from ownership of land. - Cadastral Data glossary 2. A restrictive covenant over land which one party purchases from another. Regulatory takings are unconstitutional easements compelled by government for the public at large from the private owner. "It is quite sufficient for the protection of all public interests to allow the state to do what no private owner could do: compel the surrender of the covenant against the will of the person who owns the land. It is wholly unnecessary, and ultimately mischievous, to give any state the additional power to compel the surrender of the covenant without payment of any compensation for the loss in value, great or small, that is brought about by the restriction in question." - Richard A. Epstein, with Institute for Justice et. al. Amica Curiae Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council 1991. - Zoning (Case Law) Glossary 3. Easement - A right to use or control the property of another for designated purposes. EASM - Extremely Adhesive Synthetic Material East Asia and Pacific Environmental Initiative (EAPEI) - "USAID and State working with partners protecting the environment and improving livelihoods." From the EAPEI FAQ page at http://eapei.home.att.net/faqs.htm: "Are there other financial sources to support activities? European Tropical Forest Research Network has assembled a Funding Opportunities page, which might be useful. Another European funds source (all sectors) for a fee is at http://www.Welcomeeurope.com. US Foundations such as Packard Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and MacArthur Foundation are all active in the EAPEI region. See also National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grants." EAPEI 'Tool shed for partners:" http://eapei.home.att.net/tools.htm (a Must-Read) EB - Egalitarian Beliefs EB - Erroneous Beliefs EBI - Environmental Benefits Index (USDA) EBIC - Environmental Background Information Center EBR - Excessive Buffer Restrictions EBRPD - East Bay Regional Park District EC - Earth Community EC - Earth Crisis EC - Ecologically Crucial EC - Economic Consequences EC - Electoral College EC - Endorsed Campaign (the Ad Council)(does not bear the Ad Council logo) EC - Engineering Criteria EC - Environment Canada (Canadian version of EPA) EC - Environmental Coalition EC - Environmental Consequences EC - Environmental Contaminants EC - Environmental Council EC - Erosion Control EC - Ethnic Cleansing EC - European Commission (UN) EC - European Community EC - European Communities (also called European Union) ECA - Export Credit Agencies ECA - Export Control Assistance ECARP - Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program ECB - European Central Bank ECB - External Costs and Benefits ECCO - Exterior Code Compliance Ordinance ECCP - European Climate Change Program ECD - Environmental Conservation Districts ECEF - Earth-Centered Earth-Fixed (GPS) ECF - Earth Council Foundation (the legal umbrella of the Earth Council Institute) ECF - Environmental and Climatic Forcing EC4WDA - East Coast Four Wheel Drive Associations ECG - East Coast Greenway http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/news&events/ecgpress.pdf ECG - Export Credit Group ECH - Evaluating Compliance History ECHO - Each Community Helps Others ECHO - The Enforcement and Compliance History Online database (EPA) ECHO - Environmental Conservation Hotlinks Echolocation - A process used by bats for locating distant or invisible objects (prey) by detecting sound waves reflected back from the objects. - BLM Surface Mgmt. Regs. ECI - The Earth Charter Initiative ECI - Earth Council Institute (UN) ECL - Executive Control Language ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECM - Environmental Contaminant Monitoring (DOI/USFWS) ECO - Economic Cooperation Organization (UNEP) ECO - Environmental Conservation Organization ECO-ECO - Economy, Ecology Ecoforestry - A form of passive forest management based on the values of deep ecology, and predicated upon the notion that human life has no more right to use forests than non-human life. Ecological Approach - An approach to natural resource management that considers the relationships among all organisms, including humans, and their environment. Ecological Balance - The stability of an ecosystem resulting from interacting processes of its components. - BLM Surface Mgmt. Regs. Ecological Community - An assemblage of species of a particular time and place. Ecological Conditions - Components of the biological and physical environment that can affect the diversity of plant and animal communities, including species viability and the productive capacity of ecological systems. These could include the abundance and distribution of aquatic and terrestrial habitats, roads and other structural developments, human uses, and invasive and exotic species (Proposed Planning Rule, Section 219.36, August 2000). http://www2.srs.fs.fed.us/strategicplan/view_and_submit_comment.asp?ID=52 Ecological Footprint - The area of land (and water) that is required to support the human population of a particular city, region or country at a specified standard indefinitely. (UNESCO) Ecological Forestry - A set of forest management concepts that seek to maintain or recreate timber stand and landscape biological diversity. Also termed "New Perspectives", "New Forestry" and "Sustainable Forestry." (BLM) Ecological Health - The condition of an ecosystem in which processes and functions are adequate to maintain diversity of biotic communities commensurate with those initially found there. (BLM) Ecological pyramid - Conceptual scheme whereby the amount of biomass or energy at each level of the food "chain" decreases as you move from primary producers through the different levels of consumers. - Shoreland Mgmt. Glossary Ecological Restoration - Altering an area in such a way as to reestablish an ecosystem's structure and function, usually bringing it back to its original (pre-disturbance) state or to a healthy state close to the original. Syn: rehabilitation - NPS Ecology and Restoration Glossary Ecological Section - An area or region of land designated for study purposes that has distinct geology, landforms, soils, flora, and fauna that set it apart from surrounding geographic areas. - USDA/FS Ecological Site - A kind of land with a specific potential natural community and physical site characteristics differing from other kinds of land in its ability to produce vegetation and to respond to management. - BLM Ecological Site - A distinctive kind of rangeland that differs from other kinds of rangeland in its ability to produce a characteristic natural plant community. Ecological Status - The present state of vegetation and soil protection in relation to the potential natural community for the site. Vegetation status is the expression of the relative degree to which the kind, proportions, and amounts of plants in a community resemble that of the potential natural community. Ecological Status - The present state of vegetation and soil protection of an ecological site in relation to the potential natural community for the site. Vegetation status is the expression of the relative degree to which the kinds, proportions, and amounts of plants in a community resemble that of the potential natural community. If classes are used, they should be described in ecological rather than utilitarian terms. Soil status is a measure of present vegetation and litter cover relative to the amount of cover needed on the site to prevent accelerated erosion. - BLM Ecological Succession - An ecosystem's gradual evolution to a stable state. If, through the ability of its populations and elements, an ecosystem can absorb changes, it tends to persist and become stable through time. Ecological Sustainability - The maintenance or restoration of the composition, structure, and processes of ecosystems, including the diversity of plant and animal communities and the productive capacity of ecological systems (Proposed Planning Rule, Section 219.36, August 2000). http://www2.srs.fs.fed.us/strategicplan/view_and_submit_comment.asp?ID=52 Ecology - A branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions existing between organisms and their environment. The interrelationships of living things to one another and to their environment, or the study of those interrelationships. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) - A UN council of 54 members primarily concerned with population, economic development, human rights, and criminal justice. This high-ranking body receives and issues human rights reports in a variety of circumstances. - United Nations Charter / Human Rights Glossary Economic Concentration - A measure of the degree to which a few large firms dominate total sales, production, or capacity within an industry or market. The concern is that the more concentrated an industry, the greater the likelihood of price and market manipulation. For example, meat packer concentration has long been a concern of cattle producers. It is common to express concentration as a ratio, by stating the share (%) held by the top 4, 8, or 12 firms. Economic Democracy - The authority of demos (persons) in the economic sphere, which implies economic equality. The existence of a state means the separation of the citizen body from the political and economic process. Economic democracy relates to every social system that institutionalizes the integration of society and the economy. Ultimately, the demos control the economic process, within an institutional framework of demotic ownership of the means of production. This definition of economic democracy should be contrasted to a more narrow definition, used by socialists, according to which, economic democracy relates to every social system that institutionalizes the minimization of socio-economic differences, particularly those arising out of the unequal distribution of private property and the consequent unequal distribution of income and wealth. Economic democracy presupposes that there are no institutionalized economic processes of an oligarchic nature. Therefore, all `macro' economic decisions, namely, decisions concerning the running of the economy as a whole (overall level of production, consumption and investment, amounts of work and leisure implied, technologies to be used, etc.) are taken by the citizen body collectively and without representation, although "micro" economic decisions at the workplace or the household levels are taken by the individual production or consumption unit. It presupposes that there are no institutionalized economic structures embodying unequal economic power relations. This implies that the means of production and distribution are collectively owned and controlled by demos, the citizen body directly. Finally, the preconditions that must be satisfied for economic democracy to be feasible are community self-reliance, demotic ownership of productive resources, and confederal allocation of resources. Economic Depression - A period marked by low production and sales and a high rate of business failures and unemployment. (WB-UN) Economic Development - Improvements in the efficiency of resource use so the same or greater output of goods and services is produced with smaller throughputs of natural, manufactured and human capital. (UNESCO) Economic Entity - Refers to a legal or social entity, or a group of entities, that engage(s) in economic activities and transactions in its/their own right, such as corporations, non-profit institutions or government units. An economic entity has legal, administrative, or fiduciary arrangements, organizational structures or other parties having the capacity to efficiently allocate resources in order to achieve objectives. Economic entities are often used as a specific classification unit or a statistical unit. (UN) Economic Globalization - The process of becoming entwined in the global economy. (UNESCO) Economic Growth/Development - The process by which a country increases its ability to produce goods and services. (WB-UN) Economic Impact - The change, positive or negative, in economic conditions (including distribution and stability of employment and income in affected local and regional economies) that directly or indirectly result from an activity, project, or program. - BLM Economic Multiplier - See Response Coefficient. - USDA/FS Economic Research Service (ERS) - USDA's in-house agricultural economics analysis and research agency. It employs about 600 people and has an annual budget of about $53 million. Economic, Social, Cultural Rights - Rights that concern the production, development, and management of material for the necessities of life. The right to preserve and develop one's cultural identity. Rights that give people social and economic security, sometimes referred to as security-oriented or second generation rights. Examples are the right to food, shelter, and health care. Economic Tigers - One of the burgeoning beehive countries of the western Pacific Rim. Using postwar Japan as a model, these countries have experienced significant modernization, industrialization, and Western-style economic growth since 1980. The three leading economic tigers are: Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. (Hong Kong: Xinggang) was a leading economic tiger before its 1997 reunification with China. Economic User Sectors (or markets) - Estimates of quantities used and user expenditures for pesticides are broken out separately for the three general economic user sectors (or markets) as follows: agriculture, industrial/commercial/governmental, and home/garden. - EPA Office of Pesticide Programs Glossary Economies of Size - The concept that the average cost of production per unit declines as the size of the operation grows. One reason farms have been growing in size is to make more economical use of machines capable of covering more ground with less labor, to capture economies of size. Larger sized farms can typically get volume discounts on such inputs as chemicals and seed. Economy - Measures of Economic Development, such as: GNP per capita, Population Growth, Occupational Structure of the Labor Force, Urbanization, Consumption per capita, Infrastructure, Social Conditions, literacy rate, life expectancy, health care, caloric intake infant mortality, and so forth. Ecopsychology - Environmental psychology, or ecopsychology, means different things to different people. For many, 'ecopsychology' means the vision quest, the wilderness excursion, the full-moon ritual, the blockade of a logging road, yoga, or the meditation practice. At a more linguistic level, such actions - and particularly those that involve 'bridges' between culture and nature (such as, say, gardening, sexuality, child-raising, food finding and preparation, shelter, etc.) - are seen not so much as synonymous with ecopsychology, but an essential experiential source of psychological language (i.e., from experience-to-language rather than from philosophy-to-language). It can refer to returning to earth-based rituals such as sweat lodges or vision quests, looking at technology as a projection and reflection of our inner conflicts, reconnecting to the earth and non-human world to heal ourselves emotionally, ecofeminism, or sustainable living, to give just a few examples. The underlying concept is that environmental health and mental health are synonymous and must be in harmony. Ecopsychology means the study of soul in relationship to the natural world. - from ecopsychology.org Ecoregion - An area over which the climate is sufficiently uniform to permit development of similar ecosystems on sites that have similar properties. Ecoregions contain many landscapes with different spatial patterns of ecosystems. Eco Region - Eastern Cornbelt Plains - Madison (OH) ECOS - Environment Council of the States http://www.sso.org/ecos/ Ecoscape - lreid@fs.fed.us (Leslie Reid) We used the term "ecoscape" because bioscience folks thought we were excluding their interests when we referred to "landscape" -- while physical science folks thought we were excluding them when we mentioned "ecosystem." Not surprisingly, biosci people assumed that "ecosystem" refers to both physical and biological aspects, while physical types maintained that "landscape" includes both bio and physical aspects. So we coined a term to combine the two concepts. By coming up with a word that didn't carry any preconceptions, we were able to carry on the discussions in a way that included both the physical and biological systems on equal footing. So the working definition that we've been using is that ecoscape = ecosystem + landscape. I doubt that there's any "official Forest Service definition" for the term; "we" refers to the authors of the documents you referenced -- Northwest Forest Plan http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/rsl/projects/water/6MONITORC.htm -- and to the participants in the discussions. Ecosection - An ecological unit based on climate and physiography. ECOSOC - Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Ecosystem - The complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit in nature. (Webster's dictionary.) - USDA Forest Service Ecosystem - A community of interacting organisms (including people) and their environment that functions together to sustain life. A functional system which includes the organisms of a natural community together with their environment. A complex system in nature where living organisms and their environment operate as one unit. A dynamic and interrelated complex of plant and animal communities and their associated non-living environment. A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with its environment. Derived from ecological system. An arrangement of living and non-living things and the forces that move among them. Living things include plants and animals. Non-living parts of an ecosystem may be rocks and minerals. Weather and wildfire are two of the forces that act within ecosystems. A functioning community of nature that includes fauna and flora together with the chemical and physical environment with which they interact. Ecosystems vary greatly in size and characteristics; an ecosystem can be a mud puddle, a field or orchard, or a forest. An ecosystem provides a unit of biological study and can be a unit of management. Ecosystem - A dynamic complex of plant, animal, fungal and micro-organism communities and the associated non-living environment with which they interact. Ecosystem Approach - A strategy or plan to protect and restore the natural function, structure, and species composition of an ecosystem, recognizing that all components are interrelated. The Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) - "Ecosystem Enhancement Program Will Reshape the Environmental Mitigation Process - Greensboro, North Carolina, July 22, 2003: Officials with the state departments of Transportation and Environment and Natural Resources today entered into an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers creating a new multi-agency environmental initiative designed to enhance habitat, stream and water quality protection while reducing road construction delays. Col. Charles Alexander of the Corps of Engineers joined Transportation Secretary Lyndo Tippett and DENR Secretary Bill Ross at Hillsdale Park, the site of an on-going innovative stream restoration project, to announce the formal creation of the Ecosystem Enhancement Program. The new program, the first of its kind in the nation, will reshape the way the state offsets or alleviates the unavoidable impacts of highway construction on streams and wetlands. The benefits of the EEP include: Increased protection of North Carolina's natural resources; Creation of mitigation strategies that are tailored to the needs of each river basin; Additional protection of tens of thousands of acres of ecologically important areas; More effective collaboration with the private sector and conservation groups, and Reduced cost and improved delivery of transportation projects. The participating agencies have created and started implementing a transition plan to manage compensatory mitigation during the next two years. Beginning July 2005, the EEP will handle transportation mitigation efforts. "The goal is to protect and enhance North Carolina's ecosystem -- that incredibly valuable asset upon which we all ultimately depend for our health, prosperity and happiness," DENR Secretary Bill Ross said. "The EEP will allow all agencies involved in the mitigation process to combine their efforts for the common good, which will have a substantial positive effect on our state's ecological health." State transportation and environmental officials joined representatives from the Corps of Engineers in calling the innovative new mitigation approach a significant improvement over existing inefficient and ineffective approaches. "The Hillsdale Park restoration project will provide mitigation credits for a much needed transportation project -- the Greensboro Outer Loop," said DOT Secretary Lyndo Tippett. "Through the Ecosystem Enhancement Program, the Hillsdale Park restoration project also will give citizens a restored, more natural watershed -- not to mention cleaner water in the Cape Fear River." We believe that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program goes beyond what any other state has in place to ensure that development is carried out in a manner that takes great care of North Carolina's natural resources," Col. Alexander said. "The Wilmington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proud to be a part of this program and is hopeful it will become the national model for compensatory mitigation. Today's agreement solidifies an already strong partnership with the state and our commitment to environmental sustainment." "Instead of performing 'foot-by-foot' stream mitigation and acre-by-acre wetland mitigation as we have done in the past, we'll be working with other agencies to develop comprehensive plans to improve water quality, habitat protection for entire river basins," Ross said. "Our objective will be to produce larger scale and accelerated ecosystem enhancement programs." When Gov. Mike Easley took office in January 2001, he directed the leaders of the state's transportation and environmental departments to improve the agencies' working relationship and to review processes managed by the organizations. In response to the governor's charge, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources embarked on a partnership based upon mutual support for environmental stewardship and responsible and timely transportation decision making. EEP developed as a result of that partnership. In April, DENR and DOT received a national award from the Federal Highway Administration for their unprecedented partnership to deliver transportation projects while improving North Carolina's environment. Presented by FHWA Administrator Mary Peters, the Environmental Leadership Award recognizes outstanding transportation projects, processes and people who incorporate environmental stewardship into their transportation programs. DOT and DENR were specifically honored for their successful partnership based on mutual support for environmental stewardship and responsible and timely transportation decision-making. This partnership led to the creation of a senior leadership team made up of the secretaries and two deputy secretaries from each department, who meet monthly to discuss strategic issues about transportation and the environment. This leadership team has overseen improvements in the environmental permit approval process, air quality programs and landmark wildlife conservation -- serving as a model for interagency partnerships for environmental stewardship and streamlining. http://www.enr.state.nc.us/newsrels/20030722_wetlandagreement.html Ecosystem Integrity - The completeness of an ecosystem that, at multiple geographic and temporal scales, maintains its characteristic diversity of biological and physical components, spatial patterns, structure, and functional processes within its approximate range of historic variability. These processes include: disturbance regimes, nutrient cycling, hydrologic functions, vegetation succession, and species adaptation and evolution. Ecosystems with integrity are resilient and capable of self-renewal in the presence of the cumulative effects of human and natural disturbances. (Proposed Rule, Section 219.36, 1999.) - www.fireplan.gov glossary Ecosystem Management - The careful and skillful use of ecological, economic, social, and managerial principles in managing ecosystem integrity and desired conditions, uses, products, and services over the long term. - USDA Forest Service Ecosystem Management - The careful and skillful use of ecological, economic, social, and managerial principles in managing ecosystem integrity and desired conditions, uses, products, and services over the long term. - www.fireplan.gov glossary Ecosystem Management - The skillful use of ecological, economic, social, and managerial principles in managing ecosystems to produce, restore, or sustain ecosystem integrity and desired conditions, uses, products, values, and services over the long-term. A process of land and resource management that emphasizes the care and stewardship of an area to ensure that human activities will be carried out to protect natural processes, natural biodiversity, and ecological integrity. An ecological approach to natural resource management to assure productive, healthy ecosystems by blending ecological, social, economic, physical, and biological needs and values that make up the whole of the system. Ecosystem Process - The actions or events that link organisms and their environment, such as predation, mutualism, successional development, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, primary productivity, and decay. Natural disturbance processes often occur with some periodicity (From Webster's dictionary, adapted to ecology.) - USDA Forest Service Ecosystem Process - The actions or events that link organisms and their environment, such as predation, mutualism, successional development, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, primary productivity, and decay. Natural disturbance processes often occur with some periodicity (From Webster's dictionary, adapted to ecology.) - www.fireplan.gov glossary ECOT - (or eCOT) Electronic Classroom Of Tomorrow Ecotone - The transition zone between two biotic communities, such as between the Ponderosa pine forest type and the mixed conifer forest, which is found at higher elevations than the pine. A relatively narrow overlap zone between two ecological communities. The boundary or transition zone between adjacent plant communities. Ecotone - A transitional zone between two adjacent communities, containing species characteristic of both as well as other species occurring only within the zone. - USDA/FS Ecotope - An area with uniform environmental conditions and characteristic plants and animals. Syn: biotope - NPS Ecology and Restoration Glossary Ecotourism - Travel undertaken to witness sites or regions of unique natural or ecologic quality, or the provision of services to facilitate such travel. - UNDP/WRI Ecotox Thresholds (ET) - Ecotox Thresholds are sufficient amounts of media-specific contaminant concentrations that indicate further site investigation is needed. Superfund site managers use ETs as screening tools to efficiently identify contaminants that may pose an ecological threat and to focus further site activities on those contaminants and the media in which they are found. - EPA Ecotype - A genetically differentiated subpopulation that is restricted to a specific habitat. - UNDP/WRI Ecotype - A population of a species in a given ecosystem that is adapted to a particular set of environmental conditions. ECOWAS - The Economic Community of West African States (16 countries are members; founded in 1975) http://www.ecowas.int/ ECP - Emergency Conservation Program (USDA) ECP - Enterprise Community Program (EZEC) ECPPR - Ecologically Crucial Predator/Prey Relations ECRA - Economic Cleanup Responsibility Act ECS - Environmental Council of the States ECS - Extension Coffee Shops (County) ECSA - Equinox CSA ECSC - Environmental Common Sense Coalition. ECSC is a group of multiple/wise use, access type folks pooling our resources, mostly within California, but with designs regionally, and then nationally. Ecumene - The habitable or settled portions of the earth's surface. Physical criteria, which describe where people live, includes the following: near coasts, along rivers/near fresh water, flat terrain, temperate climates, fertile soil (river valleys, volcanic soils, other). ECWG - Earth Cover Working Group ED - Earth Day ED - Eco-Defense ED - Economic Damage ED - Environmental Defense ED - Economic Development ED - Ecosystem Defenders ED - Environmental District ED - Ethnic Diversity ED - Eye Distance EDA - Earth Day Alternatives initiative EDA - Economic Development Administration EDA - Economic Development Administration (Federal) EDA - Economic Development Authority EDA - Ecosystem Demonstration Areas Edaphic - Of or having to do with soil. - NPS Ecology and Restoration Glossary Edaphology - The science that deals with the influence of soils on living things, particularly plants, including human use of land for plant growth. EDC - Economic Development Council EDC - Environmental Data Center EDD - Enforcement Decision Document EDD - Expansion Development District EDF - Environmental Defense Fund EDF - Environmental Diplomacy Fund [VERY IMPORTANT TO READ] (UN) http://sustainable-development.edf.fr/enviro/impact/nature.php3 EDG - Environment Directorate-General (European Commission, Brussels, Belgium) Edge - Where plant communities meet or where successional stage or vegetation conditions within the plant community come together. The margin where two or more vegetation patches meet, such as a meadow opening next to a mature forest stand, or a ponderosa pine stand next to an aspen stand. Edge Effect - The resulting influence two starkly different plant communities (e.g. forest-meadow) have on the animals that inhabit the area. - NPS Ecology and Restoration Glossary EDI - Electronic Data Interchange Edible landscaping - Planting trees/shrubs that produce fruits and vegetables which can be eaten by the public. - UNEP Children's Glossary EDM - Engineering Document Management EDP - Eminent Domain Procedure EDPS - Efficient Delivery of Public Services EDRC - Economic Development Rural Center EDS - Economic Development Strategy Edward R. Madigan U.S. Agricultural Export Excellence Award - An award established by the FAIR Act of 1996 to recognize companies' and other entities' entrepreneurial efforts in the food and agricultural sector for advancing U.S. agricultural exports. EDZ - Emission Density Zoning EE - Eco-Extremism EE - Economic Entity EE - Economic Espionage EE - Electronic Exchanges EE - Environmental Education - Office of Environmental Education's Strategic Framework - Mission: To advance and support education efforts that develop an environmentally conscious and responsible public. Goal: To ensure that environmental education (EE) is a recognized and appropriately utilized tool for protecting human health and the environment. Cross-Cutting Assumptions: To target underserved populations, such as people of color and low-income communities, and seek multi-sector partnerships. Strategic Objectives: To increase the quality and quantity of EE in grades K-12 by linking EE and education reform. To ensure long-term effectiveness and sustainability of EE programs by supporting state capacity building (i.e., the development of leaders and organizations that coordinate EE across a state). To catalyze EE research that assesses effectiveness in environmental protection and educational improvement. To effectively communicate and demonstrate what EE is and why it's relevant to our lives. To improve the quality, access, and coordination of EE information, resources, and programs." (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/ Also: http://www.blm.gov/education/ EE - Environmental Emergency EE - Environmental Encroachment EE - Environmental Engineering EE - Environmental Enhancement (USDA/NRCS/RC&D - Ann Veneman) http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/index.html#rcd EE - Environmental Exceptions EE - Environmental Extremists EEA - Environmental Education Association EEA - European Environment Agency (UN) EEB - Economic and Environmental Benefits EEB - Environmental Education Barter Network "The Environmental Education Barter Network is: A network of EE organizations and professionals who are committed to sharing expertise and experiences related to 'capacity building' for environmental education. An online community where you can find EE resource specialists who are willing to barter their services to help others learn more about EE initiatives or organizational development." http://www.edgateway.net/cs/eeb/query/q/649 EEBN - Environmental Education Barter Network "The Environmental Education Barter Network is: A network of EE organizations and professionals who are committed to sharing expertise and experiences related to 'capacity building' for environmental education. An online community where you can find EE resource specialists who are willing to barter their services to help others learn more about EE initiatives or organizational development." http://www.edgateway.net/cs/eeb/query/q/649 EEC - Environmental Engineering Company EEC - European Economic Community EEC - Environment, Ecology and Conservation http://www.cnu.edu/library/serials/environ.html (Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia) EECO - Environmental Economic Communities Organization EEE - Energy-Efficient Equipment EEEEE - Economy, Ecology, Equity, Education, Evaluation EEF - Environmental Education Fund (EPA) EEG - Electroencephalograph (test) EEGS - Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society EEI - Edison Electric Institute EELINK - Endangered Species Link Heaven EEIU - Eco-Ethics International Union EEMP - The Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program EEMS - Enhanced Environmental Management System (EPA) EEN - Envirolink Environmental News EEN - Evangelical Environmental Network EEP - The Ecosystem Enhancement Program http://www.enr.state.nc.us/newsrels/20030722_wetlandagreement.html EER - Environmental Evaluation Report EER - Experimental Ecological Reserve EES - Economic and Environmental Sustainability EEZ - Exclusive Economic Zone EF - Eagle Forum EF - Ecology Fund (a link on the VHEMT Links page) Includes side-by-side counters for human population growth and wildlife habitat loss. EF - Engineering Foundation EF - Environmental Facilities EF - Environmental Federation EF - Evergreen Foundation EF - Excessive Force EF - Exclosure Fence EF! - Earth First EFA - Education For All (UNESCO) EFA - Education For All (UN - UNESCO) http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/ EFA - The Educational Foundation of America EFFD - Earth-Family Fun Day Effective Date - Sets forth the date upon which a plan or action becomes legally enforceable. Effective population size - The size of the ideal, hypothetical population in which all individuals mate randomly and all contribute equally to reproduction. Variation in reproductive success and other processes in a real population affect how many genes are conserved in subsequent generations. The concept of effective population size is used to control for the effects of such processes when discussing genetic conservation. - DOI/USFWS http://rcwrecovery.fws.gov/finalrecoveryplan.pdf Effective precipitation (rainfall) - 1. That part of the precipitation that produces runoff. 2. A weighted average of current and antecedent precipitation that is "effective" in correlating with runoff. 3. As described by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (1952, p. 4), that part of the precipitation falling on an irrigated area that is effective in meeting the consumptive use requirements. - USGS Effects - Effects include: (1) Direct effects, which are caused by the action and occur at the same time and place. (2) Indirect effects, which are caused by the action and are later in time or farther removed in distance, but are still reasonably foreseeable. Indirect effects may include growth inducing effects and other effects related to induced changes in the pattern of land use, population density or growth rate, and related effects on air and water and other natural systems, including ecosystems. Effects and impacts are synonymous. Effects includes ecological, aesthetic, historic, cultural, economic, social, or health, whether direct, indirect, or cumulative. Effects may also include those resulting from actions, which may have both beneficial and detrimental effects, even if on balance the agency believes that the effect will be beneficial. 40 CFR § 1508.8. Effects (or impacts) - Environmental consequences (the scientific and analytical basis for comparison of alternatives) as a result of a proposed action. Effects may be either direct, which are caused by the action and occur at the same time and place, indirect, which are caused by the action and are later in time or farther removed in distance, but are still reasonably foreseeable, or cumulative. Efflorescence - Soluble salts forming on a surface. - NPS Architecture, Fortifications, and Preservation glossary Effluent - Waste, usually liquid, released or discharged to the environment. Generally the term refers to point source discharges of sewage or contaminated wastewaters into surface waters. 2. Waste discharge from a sewage tank, water treatment facility, or from an industrial plant or process. (UNESCO) Effluent Limitation - An EPA 'standard of performance' reflecting the maximum degree of discharge reduction achievable by the best available technology for various categories of sources of water pollution. These categories include feedlots, grain mills, and several kinds of food processing. EFH - Essential Fish Habitat EFH - Essential Fish Habitat (ESA) EFJ - Environmentalists For Jobs EFO - Environmental Federation of Oregon EFU - Exclusive Farm Use EFSC - Energy Facility Siting Council EFSR - Emergency Food Security Reserve EG - Economic Geology EG - Ethnic Groups EG - Exploration Geology e.g. - For Example EGA - Environmental Grantmakers Association EGA - Essential Government Agencies EGAG - Environmental Grantmakers Affinity Group EGCUA - Environmental Geology of Canada's Urban Areas EGF - Environmental Grantmakers Fund Egress: The act of right of going out; to exit. EH - Ecological Health EH - Essential Habitat EHC - Environmental Health Center http://www.nsc.org/ehc/ EHIS - Emission History Information System EHL - Essential Habitat Linkages EI - Ecologic Integrity EI - Ecological Indicators EI - Economic Information EI - Economic Interdependence EI - Education Initiative EI - Emotional Intelligence (why it can be more important than IQ) EI - Enhanced Infiltration EI - Environics International EI - Erosion Index (USDA) EI - The Equator Initiative (UN) EIA - Electronic Industries Association EIA - Energy Information Administration EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment EIAP - Environmental Impact Analysis Process EIBUS - Export-Import Bank of the United States EIC - Environmental Industry Council EID - Employment Information Data 8.5 SMA - 8.5 Square Mile Area (Florida) 8.5 Square Mile Area - An area of low-lying land west of the L-31 North canal in Miami-Dade County. - EvergladesPlan glossary EII - Earth Island Institute EIN - Employer Identification Number EIP - Effective Information Programs EIR - Environmental Impact Report EIR - Environmental Impact Review EIS - Environmental Impact Statement EISCAT - European Incoherent Scatter Association EIS Study Area - The following 12 western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. - BLM Surface Mgmt. Regs. EIU - Economist Intelligence Unit EJEISA - European Journal of Engineering for Information Society Applications (AESOPIAN) EJLDF - Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund Ejido - A communally owned farm in Mexico. The result of a government sponsored land redistribution program where large haciendas were given back to the Amerindians. EJW - Equal Justice Works (this is 'Our Global Village' site and 'info') http://www.napil.org/ EL - Edible Landscapes EL - EnviroLink ELAN - Export Legal Assistance Network ELAP - Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program Elastic wave - A wave that is propagated by some kind of elastic deformation, that is, a change in shape that disappears when the forces are removed. A seismic wave is a type of elastic wave. - USGS Earthquake glossary ELDF - Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund ELE - Effective Learning Experience Electrowinning - The recovery of metal from an ore by means of electrochemical processes. - BLM Surface Mgmt. Regs. Element (of ecosystems) - An identifiable component, process, or condition of an ecosystem. Elephantiasis - A disease, often found in tropical countries, in which parts of the human body become enlarged. It is caused by small roundworms that are injected into the body by mosquitoes. (WB-UN) ELF - Earth Liberation Front ELG - Effluent Limitations Guidelines (EPA) ELI - Environmental Law Institute ELI - Environmental Legal Instruments Eligible River - A river or river segment found, through interdisciplinary team and, in some cases, interagency review, to meet Wild and Scenic River Act criteria of being free-flowing and possessing one or more outstandingly remarkable values. (BLM) Eligibility of areas - Part 34, Section 4 - In order to receive payments under the Act...these areas must be solely or primarily administered by the Service (USFWS). Eligible river or river segment - To be eligible for addition to the Wild and Scenic River system, a river segment must meet both of the following criteria: (1) it must be free-flowing, and (2) it must possess one or more Outstandingly Remarkable Values. - FS Eligible River Segment - A section of a river that qualifies for inclusion into the National Wild and Scenic River System through determination that it is free-flowing and with its adjacent land area possessing at least one river-related value considered to be outstandingly remarkable. - BLM Eligibility Application - The package of information submitted to the Department for determination of a roadway's eligibility as a Scenic Highway. - Scenic Byways Program Glossary Eligibility Phase - The first phase of the process for the Scenic Highways Program where the Highway Department determines whether or not a roadway is eligible for designation as a Scenic Highway. - Scenic Byways Program Glossary Eligible River Segment - A section of a river that qualifies for inclusion into the National Wild and Scenic River System through determination that it is free-flowing and with its adjacent land area possessing at least one river-related value considered to be outstandingly remarkable. - BLM (DOI) Grand Escalante Staircase National Monument DEIS Glossary ELMR - Estuarine Living Marine Resources ELN - National Liberation Army ELR - Eligible Land Requirements (USDA) ELRB - Exposition Light Rail and Bikeway (California) ELS - Environmental Law Society ELT - Emergency Locator Transmitter Elteto, Koves and Szulc Method (EKS Method) - A multilateral method developed by Elteto, Koves and Szulc that computes the nth root of the product of all possible Fisher indices between n countries. It has been used at the detailed heading level to obtain heading parities, and also at the GDP level as a method of aggregation. EKS has the properties of base-country invariance and transitivity. (UN) ELU - Existing Land Use Eluviation - The movement of material in true solution or colloidal suspension from one place to another within the soil. Soil horizons that have lost material through eluviation are eluvial; those that have received material are illuvial. - USDA 2. A process of removal of organic material and clay in solution or in suspension from the soil by percolating waters. The removal of soil material in suspension or solution from a layer or layers of a soil. The loss of material in solution is usually called "leaching." See ILLUVIATION. - BLM Surface Mgmt. Regs. EM - Emergency Management EM - Emitted Material EM - Environmental Mediation EMA - Environmental Management Activities EMA - Environmental Modeling and Assessment EMA - Eureka Ministerial Association EMA - Experimental Management Actions EMAM - Emitted Moisture-Absorbing Material Emancipated minor - A person under 18 years of age who is married or who is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be legally able to care for himself or herself. - DOI-BIA Glossary EMAP - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program. The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) is a research program to develop the tools necessary to monitor and assess the status and trends of national ecological resources. EMAP's goal is to develop the scientific understanding for translating environmental monitoring data from multiple spatial and temporal scales into assessments of current ecological condition and forecasts of future risks to our natural resources. EMAP aims to advance the science of ecological monitoring and ecological risk assessment, guide national monitoring with improved scientific understanding of ecosystem integrity and dynamics, and demonstrate multi-agency monitoring through large regional projects. EMAP develops indicators to monitor the condition of ecological resources. EMAP also investigates designs that address the acquisition, aggregation, and analysis of multi-scale and multi-tier data. (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/emap/ EMAS - European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme EMB - Environmental Management Bureau Embargo - A government-ordered prohibition or limitation on trade with another country. Under an embargo, all trade, or selected goods and services, may be restricted. The Food Security Act of 1985 states that U.S. policy is: (1) to foster and encourage agricultural exports, (2) not to restrict or limit such exports except under the most compelling circumstances, (3) that any prohibition or limitation on such exports should be imposed only when the President declares a national emergency under the Export Administration Act, and (4) that contracts to export agricultural commodities and products agreed upon before any prohibition or limitation should not be abrogated. Whenever commercial export sales of an agricultural commodity are suspended for reasons of short supply, but to a country with which the United States continues commercial trade, the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 requires USDA to set the commodity price support loan rate at 90% of the parity price. The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 contains contract sanctity provisions that place constraints on the embargo of agricultural commodities from the United States. The 1990 Act also: (1) provides for agricultural embargo protection that, if certain conditions are met, compensates producers with payments if the President suspends or restricts exports of a commodity for national security or foreign policy reasons, and (2) requires USDA to develop plans to alleviate the adverse effects of embargoes if imposed. The FAIR Act of 1996 requires USDA to compensate producers of a commodity, or commodities, if the U.S. government imposes an export embargo on any country for national security or foreign policy reasons, and if no other country joins the U.S. embargo within 90 days. Compensation may take the form of payments to producers or funds made available to promote agricultural exports or food aid. A restriction imposed by a government on another country to prevent certain resources and/or products from being imported or exported. EMC - Environmental Management Commission (part of a state's Department of Natural Resources) EMC - Environmental Management Commission EMD - Environmental Management Districts EMDB - Economic Mineral Data Base Emergency assistance - Emergency assistance is one of the types of international assistance available under the provisions of the World Heritage Fund. States Parties may request emergency assistance "for work in connection with cultural and natural properties included or suitable for inclusion in the World Heritage List and which have suffered severe damage due to sudden, unexpected phenomena" (UNESCO February 1996: 32, Paragraph 92). Requests for emergency assistance should be submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre on form WHC/5 (UNESCO 1990d). See International assistance, World Heritage Fund - Glossary of World Heritage Terms Emergency Conservation Program - A program administered by the Farm Service Agency to help farmers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters by sharing in the cost of rehabilitation. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act - 42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq. (1986) Also known as Title III of SARA, EPCRA was enacted by Congress as the national legislation on community safety. This law was designated to help local communities protect public health, safety, and the environment from chemical hazards. To implement EPCRA, Congress required each state to appoint a State Emergency Response Commission (SERC). The SERCs were required to divide their states into Emergency Planning Districts and to name a Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) for each district. Broad representation by fire fighters, health officials, government and media representatives, community groups, industrial facilities, and emergency managers ensures that all necessary elements of the planning process are represented. The Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS) - A database used to store information on notifications of oil discharges and hazardous substance releases. ERNS is now part of the National Response Center. Emergency Wetlands Resources Act (1986) - Promotes the conservation of migratory waterfowl and offsets or prevents the serious loss of wetlands by the acquisition of wetlands and other essential habitats. Emergency Wetlands Reserve Program (EWRP) - Authorized in 1993 under emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to widespread floods in the Midwest, EWRP provided payments to purchase easements and partial financial assistance to landowners who permanently restored wetlands at sites where the restoration costs exceeded the land's fair market value. EWRP was administered by Natural Resources Conservation Service as part of its Emergency Watershed Program and operated in seven midwestern states. Land in this program is considered to be a part of the land enrolled in the Wetland Reserve Program. Emergent Vegetation - Aquatic plant species that are rooted in wetlands but extend above the water's surface. See SUBMERGENT VEGETATION. - BLM Surface Mgmt. Regs. Emergent Wetland - Wetlands dominated by erect, rooted, herbaceous (non-woody) plants, excluding mosses and lichens. EMG - Employee Matching Gift EMI - Electro Magnetic Influence EMI - European Monetary Institute Eminent Domain - The authority given to Federal agencies to condemn land for the public good. Although it is USFWS policy to purchase land only from willing sellers, it does have the authority and occasionally uses it to clear title with the consent of the landowner. (DOI) The Eminent Domain Law of 1926 - The Eminent Domain law was enacted in 1926. This law allowed for forced sales of property against the will of the property owner. The doctrine behind this law is that the general welfare prevails over private good. When this law is exercised, the landowner receives market value for his or her property. Emission - Waste released or emitted to the environment. The term is commonly used in referring to discharges of gases and particles to the atmosphere, i.e., air pollutants, and also is used in referring to particles or energy released radioactively. Sometimes the term is used broadly, encompassing any pollutant discharge. Emission offset - A reduction in the air pollution emissions of existing sources to compensate for emissions from new sources. - Bioenergy Glossary EMLF - Eastern Mineral Law Foundation EMP - Ecosystem Management Plan DOI/USFWS EMP - Electro Magnetic Pulse EMP - Environmental Management Program EMP - Environmental Master Plan (DOI) EMP - Ecosystem Management Plans EMP - Electro Magnetic Pulse The Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program (EZEC) - The Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program (EZEC) is designed to afford communities real opportunities for growth and revitalization. The framework of the program is embodied in four key principles: Economic Opportunity, Sustainable Community Development, Community-based Partnerships, and a Strategic Vision for Change. Economic Opportunity: The first priority in revitalizing distressed communities is to create economic opportunities- jobs and work- for all residents. The creation of jobs, both within the community and throughout the region, provides the foundation on which residents will become economically self-sufficient and communities can revitalize themselves. Opportunities for entrepreneurial initiatives, small business expansion, and training for jobs that offer upward mobility are other key elements for providing economic opportunity and direction. Sustainable Community Development: The creation of jobs is the first critical step toward the creation of a livable and vibrant community where human initiative, work, and stable families can flourish. However, economic development can only be successful when part of a coordinated and comprehensive strategy that includes physical development as well as human development. A community where streets are safe to walk, the air and water are clean, housing is secure, and human services are accessible, and where a vital civic spirit is nurtured by innovative design, is a community that can be a source of strength and hope to its residents. A community where learning is a commitment for life can foster the skills, habits of mind, and attitudes that will make work rewarding and families nurturing. The EZ/EC Program seeks to empower communities by supporting local plans that coordinate economic, physical, environmental, community, and human development. Community-Based Partnerships: The road to economic opportunity and community development starts with broad participation by all segments of the community. The residents themselves, however, are the most important elements of revitalization. Others may include the political and governmental leadership, community groups, health and social service groups, environmental groups, religious organizations, the private and nonprofit sectors, centers of learning, and other community institutions. Communities cannot succeed with public resources alone. Private and nonprofit support and involvements are critical to the success of a community seeking revitalization. Partners also must be created within and among the levels of government. Government departments and agencies on all levels must work together to ensure that relevant programs and resources can be used in a coordinated, flexible, and timely fashion to help implement the community's strategic plan and that regulatory and other barriers to sustainable growth are removed. Through the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community process, the Federal government offers a compact with communities and State and local governments: if you plan comprehensively and strategically for real change, if the community designs and drives the course, we, the Federal government, will waive burdensome regulations whenever possible, and work with you to make our programs responsive to your plan. Strategic Vision for Change: A bold and innovative vision for change describes what the community wants to become -- for example, the community may envision itself as a center for emerging technologies with links to a nearby university or community college; a key export center for certain farm products, customized manufacturing goods, or health and other human services; or a vibrant residential area focused around an active local school, with access to jobs, retail markets, recreation, and entertainment. The vision for change is a comprehensive strategic map for revitalization. It is a means to analyze the full local context and the linkages to the larger region. It builds on the community's assets and coordinates its response to its needs -- such as public safety, human and social services, and environmental protection. It integrates economic, physical, environmental, community and human development in a comprehensive and coordinated fashion so that families and communities can work together and thrive. A strategic plan also sets real goals and performance benchmarks for measuring progress and establishes a framework for assessing how new experience and knowledge can be incorporated on an on-going basis into a successful plan for revitalization. EMPRES - Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases (FAO-UN) EMR - Energy and Mineral Resources EMS - Emergency Medical Services EMS - Environmental Management System http://www.nrca.org/policies/ems/reports/Legislative%20Instruments.doc (http://www.nrca.org is the National Environment & Planning Agency's home page) EMWDP - Everglades Modified Waters Deliveries Project EMWIN - Emergency Managers Weather Information Network EN - Earth Negotiations (UN) Enabling Legislation - A state law that allows municipalities to pass and enforce such land-use controls as zoning. ENB - The Earth Negotiations Bulletin Enclave - A piece of territory that is surrounded by another political unit of which it is not a part. Enclosed or Semi-enclosed Sea - A gulf, basin or sea surrounded by two or more States and connected to another sea or the ocean by a narrow outlet or consisting entirely or primarily of the territorial seas and exclusive economic zones of two or more coastal States. Encumbrance - A mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument which secures a debt owed by a permittee to a lender or other holder of a leasehold mortgage on the permit interest. - DOI-BIA Glossary Endangered area - An area where ecological factors favour the establishment of a pest whose presence in the area will result in economically important loss. - UN/FAO International Plant Protection Convention Glossary Endangered Species - Endangered species are identified by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Any species of plant or animal defined through the Endangered Species Act as being in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range, and published in the Federal Register, other than a species of the Class Insecta determined by the Secretary to constitute a pest whose protection under the Act would present an overwhelming and overriding risk to man. (Author's note: Can a human be an endangered species?) Endangered Species Act (1973) (ESA) - Requires all Federal agencies to carry out programs for the conservation of endangered and threatened species. Endangered Species Act - 7 U.S.C. 136; 16 U.S.C. 460 et seq. (1973) The Endangered Species Act provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS, ) of the Department of the Interior () maintains the list of 632 endangered species (326 are plants) and 190 threatened species (78 are plants). Species include birds, insects, fish, reptiles, mammals, crustaceans, flowers, grasses, and trees. Anyone can petition FWS to include a species on this list. The law prohibits any action, administrative or real, that results in a "taking" of a listed species, or adversely affects habitat. Likewise, import, export, interstate, and foreign commerce of listed species are all prohibited. EPA's decision to register a pesticide is based in part on the risk of adverse effects on endangered species as well as environmental fate (how a pesticide will affect habitat). Under FIFRA, EPA can issue emergency suspensions of certain pesticides to cancel or restrict their use if an endangered species will be adversely affected. Under a new program, EPA, FWS, and USDA () are distributing hundreds of county bulletins that include habitat maps, pesticide use limitations, and other actions required to protect listed species. Endemic - The population of potentially injurious plants, animals or diseases that are at their normal balance level, in contrast to epidemic. Endemic - Restricted to a particular geographic region or soil type. (NPS Rare Plant glossary) 2. Naturally existing at low levels in the environment. - Bioenergy Glossary 3. Endemic (endemism) - Species restricted to a particular geographic area; for aquatic species, usually limited to one or a few small streams, a single drainage, or an ecological section. - FS Endemic Plant/Organism - A plant or animal that occurs naturally in a certain region and whose distribution is relatively limited geographically. Endemism - See Endemic. ENDS - Environmental Data Services http://www.ends.co.uk Energy - The ability to do work. - Bioenergy Glossary Energy Conservation - Taking care to be efficient in the use of energy (usually in the form of electricity) so that it is not wasted. Some forms of energy production have significant impact on the environment. By becoming more efficient in the use of energy, the demand for energy can be reduced so that new energy production facilities are not required. (UNESCO) Energy crops - Crops grown specifically for their fuel value. These include food crops such as corn and sugarcane, and nonfood crops such as poplar trees and switchgrass. Currently, two energy crops are under development: short-rotation woody crops, which are fast-growing hardwood trees harvested in 5 to 8 years, and herbaceous energy crops, such as perennial grasses, which are harvested annually after taking 2 to 3 years to reach full productivity. - Bioenergy Glossary Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) - A seven-member council that coordinates and approves siting for power plants, transmission lines, and pipelines. - Bioenergy Glossary Energy use per capita - The amount of energy a country consumes in a certain period- usually one year- divided by the population of that country. This includes fossil fuels burned by machines (such as cars), as well as electricity generated from nuclear power, geothermal power, hydropower, and fossil fuels. No matter what its source, energy use per capita is measured in equivalent amounts of oil. Though substantial in some developing countries, energy from biomass -- fuelwood, charcoal, dung -- not considered in this statistic because reliable data are not available. - World Bank Glossary ENFORCE - Enforcement Case Tracking System Enforce - To take steps to require a landowner to comply with the terms of a conservation covenant, such as by exercising an enforcement option within the covenant or by going to court. Engineer's Chain - A 100 foot chain (actually, a tape with each chain equaling 1 foot). - Cadastral Data glossary Enhancement - Measures which develop or improve the quality or quantity of existing resources beyond a condition or level that would have occurred without an action. - Everglades Plan glossary Enhancement - Measures that develop or improve the quality or quantity of existing conditions. - BOR Water Acquisition Glossary 2. A short-term management prescription with the express purpose of increasing positive scenic attributes where few exits. - FS ENJ - Endangered New Jersey (created by three 6th graders) Enlibra - Enlibra is a newly created word (by governors Mike Leavitt of Utah and John Kitzhaber of Oregon) meaning balance and stewardship. A New Shared Doctrine for Environmental Management, Enlibra is the name of an evolving set of new principles for environmental management. Enlibra is based upon principles that have proven effective in resolving environmental and natural resource debates in a more inclusive, faster and less expensive fashion. The word was coined by the Western Governors to symbolize balance and stewardship. http://www.westgov.org/wga/initiatives/enlibra/ provides background information on Enlibra and links to other resources. "Enlibra" comes from two Latin words, en or "Behold!" and libra meaning balance or the scale. The Republican governor said he picked "enlibra" because there isn't a good symbol for the middle - the notion that says people working together can create jobs and protect the environment. "We are making environmental progress in this country, but it's too slow, too cumbersome and too expensive," Leavitt said. "We need a way to increase the velocity of environmental progress." Enlibra, he said, propelled that ambitious stride. Support for the Enlibra program is provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and by Region IX of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Source: http://www.westgov.org/wga/initiatives/enlibra/enlibrafaq.htm Enlibra Principles - 1. National Standards, Neighborhood Solutions - Assign Responsibilities at the Right Level. 2. Collaboration, Not Polarization - Use Collaborative Processes to Break Down Barriers and Find Solutions. 3. Reward Results, Not Programs - Move to a Performance-Based System. 4. Science For Facts, Process for Priorities - Separate Subjective Choices from Objective Data Gathering. 5. Markets Before Mandates - Pursue Economic Incentives Whenever Appropriate. 6. Change A Heart, Change A Nation - Environmental Understanding is Crucial. 7. Recognition of Benefits and Costs - Make Sure All Decisions Affecting Infrastructure, Development and Environment are Fully Informed. 8. Solutions Transcend Political Boundaries - Use Appropriate Geographic Boundaries for Environmental Problems ENN - Environmental News Network ENR - Environment & Natural Resources ENRICH - European Network for Research in Global Change Enterprise Unit - An institutional unit or the smallest combination of institutional units that encloses and directly or indirectly controls all necessary functions to carry out its production activities. (UN) Entitle - To give a title or legal right. - Cadastral Data glossary Entitlement water - Water guaranteed under contract for delivery, contingent on supply. - Bureau Of Reclamation -- BOR -- Water Acquisition Glossary Entity - any object about which an organization chooses to collect data. - Cadastral Data glossary Entity relationship diagram - an illustration of data entities, their attributes, and their associations. - Cadastral Data glossary Entry - An application to acquire title to public lands. - BLM Surface Mgmt. Regs. Entry into Force - Typically, the provisions of the treaty determine the date on which the treaty enters into force. Where the treaty does not specify a date, there is a presumption that the treaty is intended to come into force as soon as all the negotiating states have consented to be bound by the treaty. Bilateral treaties may provide for their entry into force on a particular date, upon the day of their last signature, upon exchange of the instruments of ratification or upon the exchange of notifications. In cases where multilateral treaties are involved, it is common to provide for a fixed number of states to express their consent for entry into force. Some treaties provide for additional conditions to be satisfied, e.g., by specifying that a certain category of states must be among the consenters. The treaty may also provide for an additional time period to elapse after the required number of countries have expressed their consent or the conditions have been satisfied. A treaty enters into force for those states which gave the required consent. A treaty may also provide that, upon certain conditions having been met, it shall come into force provisionally. Art.24, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969] (UN) Enumerated Zoning Districts - The various use districts established; there is no limit to the type and number of zoning districts that a community may establish. Environment - Everything around us, plants, air, land, life, etc. - UNEP Children's Glossary Environment - The physical attributes of an area and not the result of the subject's selective interpretation. The aggregate of physical, biological, economic, and social factors affecting organisms in an area. The totality of the surrounding external conditions--biological, chemical, and physical--within which an organism, community, or object exists. The term is not exclusive in that organisms can be and usually are part of another organism's environment. Thus one can speak of the environment as that within which humankind lives, i.e., separate and external; or, one can speak of humankind as a component of the environment. 2. The complex set of physical, geographic, biological, social, cultural and political conditions that surround an individual or organism and that ultimately determines its form and nature of its survival. (WB-UN) EnvironMentors program - EnvironMentors asks that mentors and students meet once a week for approximately two hours throughout the course of the seven-month program. During these meetings, mentors work with their student [one on one] to help him or her to develop an environmental research, experimental, or community service project including identification of a project topic; development of a research question and research methods; conducting research in the library, on the web, and in many cases in the field; analyzing data; and formulating conclusions; and developing a presentation of his/her findings. In April, each student will present their project to an elementary school class. The season culminates in early May with the EnvironMentors Fair and Awards Ceremony at which students present their projects to a panel of judges. All student participants are recognized for their hard work and the most outstanding projects are awarded prizes and scholarships. Some students choose to also present their EnvironMentors projects at their school's science fair... http://www.environmentors.org/ Environment(al) [CERCLA §101(8)] - A) The navigable waters, the waters of the contiguous zone, and the ocean waters of which the natural resources are under the exclusive management authority of the United States under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, and (B) any other surface water, ground water, drinking water supply, land surface or subsurface strata, or ambient air within the United States or under the jurisdiction of the United States. (DOE 4700.1) Air and water quality, land disturbances, ecology, climate, public and occupational health and safety, and socioeconomic (including non-availability of critical resources and institutional, cultural, and aesthetic considerations). For conciseness, these are normally referred to as environmental, health, and safety considerations. - EPA Environmental - 1) In a scientific context, a combination of external or extrinsic conditions present in nature. 2) In a planning context, a category or analytical studies or aesthetic values, ecological resources, cultural (historical) resources, sociological and economic conditions, etc. Environmental Analysis - An analysis of alternative actions and their predictable long and short-term environmental effects. Environmental analyses include physical, biological, social, and economic factors. Environmental Assessment (EA) - A systematic analysis to determine if proposed actions would result in a significant effect on the quality of the environment. A brief version of an Environmental Impact Statement. A concise public document for which a U.S. federal agency is responsible to generate to determine potential impacts of a proposed project. An EA serves (1) to provide sufficient evidence and analysis for determining whether to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or a finding of no significant impact; and to aid an agency to achieve compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act when no EIS is needed; and (2) to facilitate preparation of an EIS when one is needed. (See Environmental Impact Statement). Environmental Commission - A group established by municipal ordinance and empowered to conduct research and make recommendations on the use of land, water resource management, on open space preservation, air pollution control, solid waste management, soil and landscape protection among other concerns. Environmental Commissions are also required to collect and maintain information on open lands and various resources for use in the municipal master plan and in planning development. Environmental Consequence - A temporal or spatial change in the human environment caused by an act of man. The change should be (1) perceptible, (2) measurable, and (3) relatable through a change agent to a proposed action or alternative. A consequence is something that follows an antecedent (as a cause or agent). Consequences are synonymous with impacts and effects. - BLM Environmental Consequences - A situation that naturally or logically follows as a result of an action. Commonly used in environmental impact statements for discussions about how the human environment, which includes the natural and physical environment and the relationship of people with that environment, is influenced by the action. Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program (ECARP) - An umbrella program authorized by the FACT Act of 1990 that includes the Conservation Reserve Program, and the Wetland Reserve Program. The FAIR Act of 1996 continues the CRP and WRP and creates the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The goal of the ECARP is to provide long-term protection of environmentally sensitive land. Contracts, easements, and cost-share payments are used to assist landowners and operators of farms and ranches to conserve and enhance soil, water, and related natural resources, including grazing land, wetland, and wildlife habitat. Environmental Control Formula - In certain areas (i.e. where public infrastructure is not provided), this formula may be used to determine maximum number of lots permitted of minimum lot size. Environmental, Cultural, and Developmental Rights - Sometimes referred to as third generation rights, these rights recognize that people have the right to live in a safe and healthy environment and that groups of people have the right to cultural, political, and economic development. - United Nations Charter / Human Rights Glossary Environmental Degradation - Deterioration in environmental quality from ambient concentrations of pollutants and other activities and processes such as improper land use and natural disasters. Environmental and Economic Equity (EEE) - A program-level activity, referred to in early phases of the program as Socioeconomic and Environmental Justice, which provides a framework for the activities and analyses related to the social aspects of implementing the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. - EvergladesPlan glossary Environmental Equity/Justice - Equal protection from environmental hazards for individuals, groups, or communities regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic status. This applies to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies, and implies that no population of people should be forced to shoulder a disproportionate share of adverse impacts of pollution. Environmental Features - Significant resources, facilities, or other features of a study area located in or adjacent to an existing or proposed corridor study area that serve to restrain, restrict, or prevent the ready implementation of proposed improvements in a given area; may include natural or physical resources, important structures, communities facilities, or topographic features. Environmental Heterogeneity - The physical or temporal patchiness of the environment. Heterogeneity exists at all scales within natural communities, ranging from habitat differences between the top and underside of a leaf, to habitat patches created by treefalls within a forest, to the pattern of forests and grasslands within a region. The mosaic of habitat patches within an ecosystem is created by such disturbances as fire and storms; differences in microclimate, soils, and history; and both deterministic and random population variation. Patches in early stages of succession provide unique structural habitats and contain different species than those in late-successional stages do. - UNDP/WRI Environmental impact report (EIR) - A detailed statement prepared under CEQA describing and analyzing the significant environmental effects of a project and discussing ways to mitigate or avoid the effects. California Resources Agency, Title 14, section 15362. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) - A detailed written statement as required by section 102(2)(C) of NEPA. 40 CFR § 1508.11. 2. A document similar to, but much more extensive than, an EA. An EIS must analyze all cumulative, direct, and indirect impacts of a proposed action. - Bioenergy Glossary Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) - A detailed written statement required by sections 102 (2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyzing the environmental impacts of a proposed action, adverse effects of the project that cannot be avoided, alternative courses of action, short-term uses of the environment versus the maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity, and any irreversible and irretrievable commitment of resources. A statement of environmental effects of a proposed action and alternatives to it. The EIS is released to other agencies and the public for comment and review. An analytical document that portrays potential impacts on the human environment of a particular course of action and its possible alternatives. Required by the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), an EIS is prepared for use by decision-makers to weigh the environmental consequences of a potential decision. Environmental Justice (EJ) - The pursuit of equal justice and equal protection under the law for all environmental statutes and regulations without discrimination based on race, ethnicity, and/or socio-economic status. Presidential Executive Order No. 12898 (issued February 11, 1994) requires Federal agencies to respond to the issue of environmental justice by "identify[ing] and address[ing] disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority and low income populations." - USDA/FS The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people … in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. - EPA Environmental Law - The practice of law dealing with the protection or enhancement of human health or the environment. The practice includes representation concerning air quality, water quality, soil contamination, environmental remediation, hazardous materials and toxic substances, hazardous and solid waste, wildlife protection, the environmental aspects of land use planning, natural resources law and real property transactions; environmental compliance, environmental auditing, environmental assessments and impact statements, radioactive materials and environmental common law. Environmental Law - Environmental law is based on compliance and enforcement, that is EPA, State, or local legal actions to obtain compliance with environmental laws, rules, regulations, or agreements and/or obtain penalties or criminal sanctions for violations. (EPA) Environmental Overview - A beginning inventory or summary assessment of environmental features in a study area, usually performed during systems planning or preliminary environmental activities. From this preliminary information, the environmental impacts of the study alternative will be determined. This overview may sometimes be referred to as Environmental Screening. Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - A program created by the FAIR Act of 1996 to provide primarily cost- sharing assistance, but also technical and educational assistance, aimed at reducing soil, water, and related natural resource problems. The program replaces the Agricultural Conservation Program, the Water Quality Incentives Program, the Great Plains Conservation Program, and the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program. EQIP is authorized at $1.3 billion in mandatory spending over 7 years (total), with at least half of the funding targeted to environmental concerns associated with livestock production; spending in general is to be targeted to state-designated priority areas. EQIP is to be operated to maximize the environmental benefits per dollar expended. Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - EQIP provides federal cost-sharing to producers for environmental costs, with 60 percent earmarked for livestock producers. A new provision in the law will allow concentrated animal feeding operations of 1,000 or more to receive funds to build waste lagoons. Funding per farmer is capped at $450,000 over six years. The Secretary may use a portion of EQIP funding for innovative grants. Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI) - A description and analysis of natural resources and systems, as well as of environmental problems, generally prepared by an Environmental Commission for use in comprehensive planning of a municipality or county and to aid in review of development applications. Sometimes known as Natural Resource Inventories (NRI). The Environmental Response Team (ERT) - Established under Section 311 of the Clean Water Act to provide on-site expertise as required by the National Contingency Plan (NCP) section on Special Forces. - EPA Environmental stochasticity - Random changes in environmental conditions and their effects on populations. - DOI/USFWS http://rcwrecovery.fws.gov/finalrecoveryplan.pdf Environmental Threshold Carrying Capacity - An environmental standard necessary to maintain a significant scenic, recreational, educational, scientific or natural value of the region or to maintain public health and safety within the region. Such standards shall include but not be limited to standards for air quality, water quality, soil conservation, vegetation preservation and noise. Environmentally Sensitive Features - The following natural and cultural resources, the disturbance of which tends to impair the physical, biological, social, or aesthetic quality of the resource. (1) aquifer recharge and well head protection areas, (2) coastal dunes, beaches, barrier islands, and shorelines, (3) Critical Slope Areas, (4) Flood Plains, (5) habitats of endangered and threatened species, (6) habitats with wide diversity of resident species, (7) historic sites and areas, (8) public water supply reservoirs, (9) ridge lines or ravines, (10) scenic vistas and corridors, (11) staging areas for migratory species, (12) stream corridors, (13) wetlands and ponds, (14) wildlife corridors. (15) any area that exhibits one or more of the features used to delineate Planning Area 5, whether or not greater than one square mile in extent: (a) trout production waters and trout maintenance waters and their watersheds, (b) pristine non-tidal Category I waters and their watersheds upstream of the lowest Category I stream segment, (c) watersheds of existing or planned potable water supply sources, (d) aquifer recharge areas of potable water supply sources and carbonate formations associated with recharge areas or aquifers, (e) habitats of populations of endangered or threatened plant or animal species, (f) coastal wetlands, (g) contiguous freshwater wetlands systems, (h) significant natural features such as beaches, coastal spits and barrier islands critical slope areas, ridge lines, gorges and ravines, unique geological features (including limestone outcrops) or unique ecosystems, and (I) prime forested areas, including mature stands of native species, OR (j) natural landscapes of exceptional value, in combination with one or more other environmentally sensitive features pursuant to these criteria, and (16) Critical Habitat. Environmentally-Sensitive Resource - A floodplain/wetland, habitat for a threatened or endangered species, refuge or flyway for migratory birds, historic property (see separately), sacred site where religious rites or ceremonies are performed, area inhabited by sacred animals or plants, area that includes a Wild and Scenic River designation, ecologically pristine area, or Native traditional subsistence use area. - EPA Environs - The area outside the Community Development Boundaries of Centers. Enzymatic hydrolysis - A process by which enzymes (biological catalysts) are used to break down starch or cellulose into sugar. - Bioenergy Glossary EO - Emergent Oil EO - Executive Order EOA - Edge Of Appalachia EOA - Elected Official Accountability EODA - Eastern Ohio Development Alliance EOE - Evaluation Of Evidence EOIR - Executive Office for Immigration Review EOMA - Eastern Oregon Mining Association Eolian Ice Cells - Perennial ice formed from snowfall and insulated from summer heat by a cover of windblown sands. This ice feeds small ponds within the dunes. BLM-DOI EOS - Earth Observing System EOS - Electrical Outlet Sealer EP - Earth Protectors EP - Ecological Patterns EP - Ecological Philosophy EP - Ecosystem Partnerships EP - Emergency Preparedness EP - Energy Plan EP - Enteric Pathogens EP - Environmental Party EP - Environmental Politics EP - Environmental Preservation EP - Environmental Procedure EP - Environmental Project EP - Environmental Puritanism EP - Erosion Potential EP - Esoteric Preservation EP - Estate Planning EP - European Parliament EP - Existing Policy EP - Experimental Population EP - Extraction Procedure EP Toxicity - A test defined by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to check a substance for the presence of arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, selenium, or silver. 40 CFR 261.24 defines the concentrations constituting hazardous waste and the test procedure. - Bioenergy Glossary EPA - Emergency Powers Act EPA - Environmental Protection Agency EPA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protects human health and safeguards the natural environment (air, water, and land) upon which life depends. EPAC - Environmental Political Action Committee EPACT - Energy Policy Act (1992) EPAW - EPA Watch EPC - Economic Policy Council EPC - Environmental Protection Council (IUCN) EPCA - Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 EPCR - Everglades Plant Community Response (USGS) EPCRA - Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act EPD - Emergency Planning District EPGY - Education Program for Gifted Youth Ephemeral - Characterized as episodic and lasting a short duration. - NPS Ecology and Restoration Glossary Ephemeral - An activity which last only a short period of time. Ephermeral Range - A rangeland that does not consistently produce enough forage to sustain a livestock operation but may briefly produce unusual volumes of forage to accommodate livestock grazing. - BLM Ephemeral Rangelands - Rangelands characterized by low, highly seasonal and often episodic rainfall, resulting in annual plants comprising a significant proportion of annual primary production. - BLM Ephemeral Streams - Streams that flow only as the direct result of or response to rainfall or snowmelt events. The have no permanent flow (base flow). EPI - Employment Policies Institute EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Center EPICA - The Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean - Their statement: "A nonprofit, faith-based organization in solidarity with the poor of Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and the United States. EPICA is a voice of solidarity and partner for grassroots organizations and churches in the Americas, combining critical social analysis, faith reflection and action for justice." Based in Washington, D.C. Epidemic - A disease which attacks many people at about the same time. - UNEP Children's Glossary Epidemic - The populations of plants, animals and diseases that build up, often rapidly, to highly abnormal and generally injurious levels. Epidemiology - Study of the distribution of disease, or other health-related conditions and events in human or animal populations, in order to identify health problems and possible causes. Epilimnion - The upper, wind-mixed layer of a thermally stratified lake. This water is turbulently mixed throughout at least some portion of the day and because of its exposure, can freely exchange dissolved gases (such as O2 and CO2) with the atmosphere. - Shoreland Mgmt. Glossary Epiphyte - An air plant that receives water and nutrients from the air and rain, and which usually uses other plants for support. - Everglades Plan glossary EPL - The Environmental Planning Lobby, now known as: Environmental Advocates of New York (EANY) http://www.eany.org EPR - Evaluation Procedures Report EPR - Extended Product Responsibility (EPA) EPS - Economic and Planning Systems. Conducts 'vernal pool analysis' for the government, among other things. "Economic & Planning Systems is an urban economics consulting firm specializing in real estate feasibility, fiscal analysis, public finance, regional forecasting, and international economic development. EPS has offices in Berkeley, Sacramento, and Denver." http://www.epsys.com/ EPSE - Exemplary Public Service Efforts (the Ad Council) EPU - E Pluribus Unum ("out of many, one" - Latin) Epuration (ep-yuh-RAY-shun) noun - Purification, especially removal of officials or politicians believed to be disloyal; purge. [From French epuration, epurer, to purify + ation.] "Tito's epuration in 1945-46 of the Yugoslavs he considered a threat to him took the lives, Mr. Malcolm reminds us, of 250,000 people." J.B. Kelly, Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West (book review), National Review (New York), May 29, 1995. "On the shelf, however, it remained, a brand-new ten-and-sixpenny example of what in those days Faber, mistaking pomposity for high-mindedness, referred to as `paper-covered editions,' only rescued from periodic library epuration by my superstitious dread of what happens if you give away what others give to you." Jonathan Keates, The call of the wild, The Spectator (London), Jan 2, 1999. EQC - Environmental Quality Commission EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program EQUAL - Enhanced Quality of Life Equestrian - Of horses, horsemen, or horseback riding. - BLM (DOI) Grand Escalante Staircase National Monument DEIS Glossary EQL - Equitable Quality of Life ER - Ecological Restoration ER - Economic Reserves ER - Economic Revolution ER - Ecosystem Restoration (DOI/USFWS) ER - Education Reform ER - Elected Representative ER - Eligibility Requirements ER - Emergency Relief ER - Energy Resource ER - Environmental Regulation ER - Environmental Resource ER - Environmental Restraints ER - Environmentally Responsible ER - Expenditure Responsibility ERA - Economic Regulatory Agency, Equal Rights Amendment ERA - European Research Area ERAAS - Earth-Raping, Animal-Abusing Scum (view of Earth Liberation Front toward multiple users) ERB - Energy Resource Base ERC - Emission Reduction Credits ERC - English Ruling Class ERC - Environmental Research Center ERC - European Research Community ERCA - Environmentally Responsible Commercial Activities ERDA - Energy Research and Development Agency ERDAS - A raster based satellite image processing system ERG - The Environics Research Group ERFO - Emergency Relief Federally Owned ERL - Environmental Research Laboratory ERMA - Extensive Recreation Management Areas Erodibility index (EI) - A numerical expression of the potential of a soil to erode, considering the physical and chemical properties of the soil and climatic conditions where it is located. The higher the index, the greater the investment needed to maintain the sustainability of the soil resource base if intensively cropped. EI scores above 8 are equated to highly erodible land. - National Resources Inventory EROS - Earth Resources Observation System data center (South Dakota - The U.S. Geological Survey) Erosion - The wearing away of the land surface by wind or water. The detachment and movement of individual soil and rock particles by gravity and/or other geologic agents, wind, water, freezing and thawing, and/or other natural phenomena. Natural erosion is a geologic process that occurs under natural conditions of climate and vegetation. 2. The process of soil and nutrient loss, which leads to a decline in biological productivity. (UNESCO) Erosion (accelerated) - Erosion much more rapid than geologic erosion, mainly as a result of the activities of man or other animals or of a catastrophe in nature, for example: fire, that exposes the surface. - USDA Erosion Blanket - Material such as straw, jute matting, or rock that is applied to the surface to minimize erosion of soil particles caused by the impact of rain drop splash and water flowing over the surface. - BLM Surface Mgmt. Regs. Erosion (erodibility) Index (EI) - The erosion (sometimes called erodibility) index is created by dividing potential erosion (from all sources except gully erosion) by the 'T' value, which is the rate of soil erosion above which long term productivity may be adversely affected. The erodibility index is used in the conservation compliance and Conservation Reserve Programs. For example, one of the eligibility requirements for the CRP is that land have an EI greater than 8. Erosion (geologic) - Erosion caused by geologic processes acting over long geologic periods and resulting in the wearing away of mountains and the building up of such landscape features as flood plains and coastal plains. Synonym: natural erosion. - USDA ERP - Ecosystem Restoration Program ERP - Enforcement Response Policy ERR - Environmentally Responsible Recreation ERS - Economic Research Service ERT - Economic Revitalization Team ERT - Emergency Response Team ERT - Emergency Response Time ERU - Emergency Response Unit ERW - Extraordinary Resource Waters (EPA) ES - Eagle Society ES - Earth Sciences ES - Ecological Services ES - Ecological Sustainability ES - Economic Security ES - Economic System ES - the Economics of Sustainability ES - Electronic Surveillance ES - Emerging Science ES - Endangered Species ES - Energy Sensitive ESA - Ecological Society of America (partners with The Nature Conservancy) ESA - Economic Study Area - DOI/NPS/BLM ESA - Endangered Species Act of 1973 ESA - Environmentally Sensitive Area ESA - European Space Agency ESA - European Seed Association ESAGC - ESA Grassroots Coalition ESARP - Endangered Species Act Reform Project http://www.pacificlegal.org ESC - Endangered Species Coalition ESC - The Endangered Species Coalition ESC - Endangered Species Committee (God Squad) ESC - Endangered Species Consultations ESC - Ecological Science Center ESCAP - Economic And Social Commission For Asia And The Pacific (UN) ESCAPA - Empire State Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association Escape Cover - Vegetation of sufficient size and density to hide an animal, or an area used by animals to escape from predators. ESCP - Energy-Smart Community Planning ESCP - Energy Star Congregation program (EPA designed for Jewish Synagogues) ESD - Ecologically Sustainable Development (IUCN) ESD - Energy for Sustainable Development ESDA - Environmentally Sensitive Development Area ESDC - Empire State Development Corporation ESEA - Elementary and Secondary Education Act ESECA - Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 ESEP - Environmentally Sound Economic Progress ESEP - Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics ESF - Exchange Stabilization Fund ESFO - Endangered Species Field Offices (DOI/USFWS) ESFP - Environmentally sustainable food production ESG - Early Successional Growth ESH - Early Successional Habitat ESHOD - Environmentally sensitive habitat overlay district (UN) ESI - Earth Sciences Investigations (USGS) ESIA - Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/maps/esia/ ESIC - Earth Science Information Center (U.S. Geologic Survey) ESL - Endangered Species Listing ESL - English as a Second Language (part of 'Our Global Village' 'education') http://courses.international.edu/bc680/nmcgahn/links/Useful%20Resources.html http://www.eli.vt.edu/home/resources.html http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/esl.htm ESL - Environmentally Sensitive Land ESM - Evaluation Species Model (wildlife habitat) ESMP - Endangered Species Management Plan DOI/USFWS ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. ESSF - Early Seral Stage Forests Establishment - Perpetuation, for the foreseeable future, of a pest within an area after entry. - UN/FAO International Plant Protection Convention Glossary Estate - The condition or circumstances in which an owner stands with reference to his property. The degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in, or ownership of, property, real, personal, and mixed. "Estate" describes property, particularly real property, of which one is possessed. - Cadastral Data glossary Estuarine - Of or having to do with the area where the sea meets a freshwater stream/river. - NPS Ecology and Restoration Glossary Estuarine system - Deepwater tidal habitats and adjacent tidal wetlands that are semienclosed by land but have open, partly obstructed, or sporadic access to the open ocean, and in which ocean water is at least occasionally diluted by freshwater runoff from the land. [USFWS] - NRI Glossary 2. Wetlands occurring in the Estuarine System, one of five systems in the classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats (see Wetlands, Cowardin et al. 1979). Estuarine wetlands are tidal wetlands that are usually semienclosed by land but have open, partly obstructed or sporadic access to the open ocean, and in which ocean water is at least occasionally diluted by freshwater runoff from the land. The most common example is where a river flows into the ocean. - National Resources Inventory Estate Planning - Making financial and legal arrangements for one or more persons to provide for retirement and for passing assets to their heirs. Estuary - Regions of interaction between rivers and near- shore ocean waters, where tidal action and river flow mix fresh and salt water. Such areas include bays, mouths of rivers, salt marshes, and lagoons. These brackish water ecosystems shelter and feed marine life, birds, and wildlife. Estuaries typically include adjoining wetlands. A semi-enclosed coastal body of water that has a free connection with the open sea. It is strongly affected by tidal action, and within it seawater is mixed, and usually measurably diluted, with fresh water. 2. Partially enclosed coastal area at the mouth of a river where its fresh water, carrying fertile silt and runoff from the land mixes with salty seawater. (UNESCO) ESU - Endangered Species Update (published monthly by the University of Michigan) ESU - English-Speaking Union ESU - Evolutionarily Significant Unit/Units ESW - Endangered Species and Wetlands ESW - The Environmental Summit on the West ESWR - Endangered Species and Wetlands Report (monthly) ET - Economic Target ET - Economic Trends ET - Eco-Terrorism ET - Eco-Theocracy ET - EcoTrust ET - Emissions Testing ET - Epidemic Threshold ET - E Trade ET - European Theater ET - Event Trees (part of risk analysis) ET - Extractive Technologies ETC - Education To Careers ETC - Environmental Technology Centre (Canadian government agency - ETC provides specialized scientific support and undertakes research and development for Environmental Protection programs. The Centre focuses on four main areas: technologies for measuring air pollutants in ambient air and from mobile and stationary sources; analysis of a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds in diverse samples; assessments and clean-up of contaminated sites; and prevention of and response to pollution emergencies such as oil and chemical spills.) ETC - Environmental Tectonics Corporation ETF - The Energy Task Force ETH - Excessive Timber Harvest Ethanol - C2H50H; the alcohol product of carbohydrate fermentation used in alcoholic beverages and for industrial purposes (also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol). It is blended with gasoline to make gasohol. In the 1997/98 corn-marketing year, about 485 million bushels of corn were used to produce about 1.2 billion gallons of ethanol. Ethics - Our beliefs about what is right and wrong behavior. (UNESCO) Ethnographic Resources - Basic expressions of human culture, such as a site, structure, object, landscape, or natural resource feature. These resources are assigned traditional legendary, religious, subsistence, or other significance in the cultural system of a group traditionally associated with it. - DOI/NPS http://www.nps.gov/cuva/management/rmprojects/ruraleis/ ETJ - Extraterritorial Jurisdiction ETL - Environmental Timeline ETP - Education Technology Plan ETP - Emissions Trading Policy ETTC - Eco-Terrorism Training Camp ETZA - Extra-Territorial Zone Authority EU - End User EU - European Union EU - Exclusion Unit (DOI/NPS) EUA - Environment and Urban Affairs EUDA - End-Users of Derivatives Association EUP - Environmental Use Permit EurlG - European Interest Group Eurl on TBP - European Interest Group on Telematics Best Practice European Community (EC) - A regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome (1957), which provided for the gradual elimination of customs duties and other interregional trade barriers, a common external tariff, and gradual adoption of other integrating measures, including the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and guarantees of free movement of labor and capital. Of the current 15 member countries, the original six were Belgium, France, West German, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Membership expanded to include Denmark, Ireland, and the United Kingdom in 1973; Greece in 1981; Spain and Portugal in 1986; and Austria, Finland, and Sweden in 1995. In 1993, with establishment of the European Union (EU), the EC became the customs union component of the EU. European Comparison Program (ECP) - The set of ICP comparisons for Europe carried out under the auspices of the Economic Commission for Europe. In the 1985 comparison the ECP was built on the EEC and part of the OECD comparisons and a group of Eastern European countries for which Austria served as the center for a set of binary comparisons. (UN) European Union (EU) - Since 1993, the term used to describe the European Community and related institutions. The entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty of European Union on November 1, 1993 introduced this change in terminology regarding the EC and many of its institutions. The EU today consists of: France, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Denmark, and Greece. Eutrophic - A body of water which is excessively rich in dissolved nutrients and usually poor in dissolved oxygen. Opp: oligotrophic - NPS Ecology and Restoration Glossary Eutrophication - The process of excessive addition of inorganic nutrients, organic matter and/or silt to lakes and reservoirs, leading to increased biological production and a decrease in volume. Process by which a lake or pond becomes rich in plant nutrient minerals and organisms but deficient in oxygen. The process by which a body of water acquires a high concentration of plant nutrients, especially nitrates or phosphates. This nutrification promotes algae growth that, when it dies, can lead to the depletion of dissolved oxygen, killing fish and other aquatic organisms. While eutrophication is a natural, slow-aging process for a body of water, human activities can greatly accelerate the process. EUTZ - European Union Trade Zone</ |