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Equestrian Design Guidebook

Appendix A—Acronyms

AASHTO—American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ABA—Architectural Barriers Act

ABAAS—Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standard

ADA—Americans with Disabilities Act

ADA/ABAAG—Americans with Disabilities Act/Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines

AHC—American Horse Council

ASTM—American Society for Testing and Materials

ATV—All-terrain vehicle

BMP—Best management practices

BOR—Bureau of Reclamation

CCA—Chromated copper arsenate

CCS—Cellular confinement systems (geotextiles)

DOD—Department of Defense

DOJ—Department of Justice

DOT—Department of Transportation

ESA—Endangered Species Act

FEMA—Federal Emergency Management Agency

FHWA—Federal Highway Administration

FICMNEW—Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds

FSH—Forest Service Handbook

FSM—Forest Service Manual

FSORAG—Forest Service Outdoor Recreation Accessibility Guidelines

FSTAG—Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines

GIS—Geographic information system

GPS—Global positioning system

GSA—General Services Administration

HUD—Department of Housing and Urban Development

IBC—International Building Code

ICC—International Code Council

IMBA—International Mountain Bicycling Association

ISA—International Symbol of Accessibility

MTDC—Missoula Technology and Development Center

MUTCD—Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

NEPA—National Environmental Policy Act

NHPA—National Historic Preservation Act

NTTP—National Trails Training Partnership

O & M—Operations and maintenance

OHV—Off-highway vehicle

ORAR—Outdoor recreation access route

PBIC—Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

ROS—Recreation Opportunity Spectrum

RWT—Rails-with-trails

SCA—Student Conservation Association

SMS—Scenery Management System

SDTDC—San Dimas Technology and Development Center

TCD—Traffic control device

UFAS—Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards

USCS—Unified Soil Classification System

USDA—United States Department of Agriculture

USDI—United States Department of the Interior

USPS—United States Postal Service

VRM—Visual Resource Management