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| AC |
Arctic Council |
| ADEC |
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation |
| AFSC |
Alaska Fisheries Science Center |
| AHHI |
Arctic Human Health Initiative |
| AMAP |
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program of the Arctic Council |
| AMRAP |
Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program |
| AMSA |
Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment |
| ANILCA |
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 |
| ANSEP |
Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program |
| ANTHC |
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium |
| ANWR |
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
| AOOS |
Alaska Ocean Observing System |
| APECS |
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists |
| ARCUS |
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States |
| ARRA |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
| BASC |
Barrow Arctic Science Consortium |
| BEO |
Barrow Environmental Observatory |
| BEST-BSIERP |
Bering Sea Ecosystem Study (NSF)-Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program |
| BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
| BSIWG |
Bering Sea Interagency Working Group |
| CAFF |
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna |
| CANHR |
Center for Alaska Native Health Research |
| CCHRC |
Cold Climate Housing Research Center |
| CCSP |
US Climate Change Science Program |
| CDC |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality |
| CIMES |
Center of Excellence for Island, Maritime, and Extreme Environment Security |
| COSEE |
Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence |
| CRRC |
Coastal Response Research Center |
| CRREL |
US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory |
| DEC |
Alaska Department of Conservation |
| Denali |
Commission Denali Commission |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
| DNR |
Alaska Department of Natural Resources |
| DOC |
Department of Commerce |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOI |
Department of the Interior |
| DOS |
Department of State |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| ECS |
Federal Interagency Extended Continental Shelf Task Force |
| ED |
US Department of Education |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| GEOSS |
Global Earth Observing System of Systems |
| HHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| HIPAS |
High Power Auroral Stimulation |
| HUD |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| IAOOS |
Integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System |
| IARC |
International Arctic Research Center |
| IARPC |
Interagency Arctic Research and Policy Committee |
| IASC |
International Arctic Science Committee |
| IASC |
International Arctic Science Committee |
| ICCOPR |
Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research |
| IODP |
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program |
| IPA |
International Permafrost Association |
| IPCC |
United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPY |
International Polar Year |
| ISAC |
International Study of Arctic Change |
| MARAD |
Department of Transportation/Maritime Administration |
| MMS |
Minerals Management Service |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Navy SupSalv |
Naval Sea System Command Supervisor of Salvage and Diving |
| NCRR |
National Center for Research Resources |
| NEH |
National Endowment for the Humanities |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| NIAAA |
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NIMH |
National Institutes of Mental Health |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NOAA |
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPCREP |
North Pacific Climate Regimes and Ecosystem Productivity |
| NPFMC |
North Pacific Fisheries Management Council |
| NPRB |
North Pacific Research Board |
| NREL |
National Renewable Energy Lab |
| NRF |
Northern Research Forum |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSSI |
North Slope Science Initiative |
| NSTC |
National Science and Technology Council |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| OPA90 |
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 |
| OSRI |
Oil Spill Recovery Institute |
| OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| PAME |
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment |
| PICES |
North Pacific Marine Science Organization |
| PMEL |
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
| POPS |
Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| PRB |
Polar Research Board |
| RUSALCA |
Russian-American Long-term Census of the Arctic |
| SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research |
| SDMI |
Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative |
| SFOS |
UAF's School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences |
| SI |
Smithsonian Institution |
| SINTEF |
Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning (Norwegian, Foundation for Industrial and Technical Research) |
| UAF |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| UArctic |
University of the Arctic |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Program |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| USACE |
US Army Corps of Engineers |
| USARC |
US Arctic Research Commission |
| USCG |
US Coast Guard |
| USDA |
US Department of Agriculture |
| USFWS |
US Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS |
US Geological Survey |
| WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
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