LIST
OF ACRONYMS
AAFC Agriculture &
Agri-Food Canada
AAFC-PFRA AAFC - Prairie Farm Rehabilitation
Administration
AAFC-SPARC AAFC - Semiarid Prairie Agricultural
Research Centre
AAFC-GCP AAFC - Greencover Canada Program
AAFC-CARDS AAFC - Canadian Adaptation and Rural
Development in SK
CMDF Cattle Marketing
Deductions Fund
CPAWS Canadian Parks and
Wilderness Society
DUC Ducks Unlimited Canada
EC-CWS Environment Canada –
Canadian Wildlife Service
EC-HSP Government of Canada -
Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk
DFO Department of
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
FNACS First Nations Agricultural
Council of Saskatchewan
NCC Nature Conservancy of
Canada
NPSS Native Plant Society of
Saskatchewan Inc.
NS Nature
Saskatchewan
Nexen Nexen Canada Inc.
PC-GNP Parks Canada, Grasslands
National Park of Canada
PLC Prairie Learning
Centre
SAF Saskatchewan
Agriculture and Food
SASKENERGY SaskEnergy
SBOIC Saskatchewan Burrowing
Owl Interpretive Centre
SIR Saskatchewan
Industry and Resources
SP SaskPower
SE Saskatchewan
Environment
SE–FWDF Saskatchewan Environment – Fish
and Wildlife Development Fund
SFC Saskatchewan Forage
Council
SRC Saskatchewan
Research Council
SRM Society for Range
Management, Northern Great Plains Section – Prairie Parkland Chapter
SSDB Saskatchewan Sheep
Development Board
SSGA Saskatchewan Stock
Growers Association
SWA Saskatchewan
Watershed Authority
SWF Saskatchewan Wildlife
Federation
U of R-CPRC University of Regina, Canadian
Plains Research Center
U of S University of
Saskatchewan
AAFC - MII AAFC-Matching Investment
Initiative
AAFC - LRC AAFC - Lethbridge Research Centre
AAFRD Alberta Agriculture, Food
and Rural Development
AB-PCF Alberta – Prairie
Conservation Forum
ADD Board Agriculture Development and
Diversification Board
ADF Agriculture
Development Fund
AESA Alberta Environmentally
Sustainable Agriculture program
AFLW Alberta Forestry, Lands
and Wildlife
AIMS Agriculture Institute
of Management in Saskatchewan
AITC Agriculture In The
Classroom
APAS Agricultural Producers
Association of Saskatchewan
APF Agriculture Policy
Framework
BAP Biodiversity Action
Plan
BLM Bureau of Land
Management
BMP Best Management
Practice
CE Conservation
Easement
CEC Commission for
Environmental Cooperation
CFB Canadian Forces Base
CLC (Saskatchewan)
Conservation Learning Centre
COSEWIC Committee on the Status of
Endangered Wildlife in Canada
CSGA Canadian Seed Growers
Association
CWRA Canadian Water Resources
Association
DND Department of
Northern Defence
DUC-NPS DUC - Native Plant Solutions
ECO-X Eco-Extravaganza
EFP Environmental Farm
Plan
EGP Ecological Gifts
Program
EG&S Ecological Gifts and
Services
ENGO Environmental
Non-Government Organization
EPP Environmental
Protection Plan
GRAA Government Relations and
Aboriginal Affairs
IRF Interdepartmental
Recovery Fund
IUCN International Union
for the Conservation of Nature
NABCI North American Bird
Conservation Initiative
NAFTA North American Free Trade
Agreement
NAWMP North American Waterfowl
Management Plan
NPAW Native Prairie
Appreciation Week
OMB Old Man on His Back
Prairie and Heritage Conservation Area
PCAB Provincial Council of
ADD Boards
PCESC Prairie Conservation and
Endangered Species Conference
PCP Permanent Cover
Program
PERC Prairie Ecology
Research Committee
PHJV Prairie Habitat Joint
Venture
PMC Plant Materials
Centre
RAN Representative Areas
Network
SAMA Saskatchewan Assessment
Management Agency
SAR Species at Risk
SARA Species at Risk Act SIAST Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Arts and
Sciences Technology
SARM Saskatchewan
Association of Rural Municipalities
SGI Saskatchewan
Government Insurance
SHI Saskatchewan
Highways
SIEF Saskatchewan Indian
Equity Foundation
SKCDC Saskatchewan Conservation
Data Centre
SNOWS Saskatchewan Network of
Watershed Stewards
SPIGEC Saskatchewan Petroleum
Industry and Government Environmental Committee
SPLISP Saskatchewan Purple
Loosestrife & Invasive Species Project
SSCA Saskatchewan Soil
Conservation Association
SWFA Southwest Forage
Association
TAC (Greencover Canada)
Technical Assistance Component
TLE Treaty Land
Entitlement
TNC The Nature
Conservancy
WARC Western Applied Research
Corporation
WBDC Western Beef Development
Centre
WHPA Wildlife Habitat
Protection Act
TESA The Environmental
Stewardship Award
U of R University of Regina
WARC Western Applied Research
Corporation
WHC Wildlife Habitat
Canada
WRI World Resources
Institute
WWFC World Wildlife Fund
Canada