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Lower Columbia River Lewis and Clark Sites
Draft Boundary Study and Environmental Assessment

Appendix G

Appendix G
Glossary / Acronyms

Anadromous Fish - Fish that spend most of their adult lives in salt water and migrate to freshwater rivers and lakes to reproduce.

BLM - Bureau of Land Management.

Easement - A right, such as a right of way, afforded a person to make limited used of another's real property.

Ethnographers - People who conduct research on human customs based on observation and understanding.

FHWA - Federal Highway Administration.

Funicular - A cable railway on a steep incline, especially such a railroad with simultaneously ascending and descending cars counter balance one another.

Jetty - A structure, such as a pier, that projects into a body of water to influence the current or tide or to protect a harbor or shoreline from storms or erosion.

LCIC - Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.

NBC - National Bicentennial Council.

OPRD - Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

Potable Water - Stored and processed water, distributed through a city, town, or country.

TJNM - Thomas Jefferson National Memorial.

USACE - United States Army Corps of Engineers.

USCG - United States Coast Guard.

WSDOT - Washington State Department of Transportation.

WSPRC - Washington State Parks and Recreation Committee.


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