| ACZA |
Ammoniacal Copper Zinc Arsenate |
| BAS |
best available science |
| BMP |
best management practices |
| CCA |
Chromated Copper Arsenate |
| CEM |
Coastal Engineering Manual |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| cfs |
cubic feet per second |
| CHL |
Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Army Corps of Engineers |
| COBI |
City of Bainbridge Island |
| DPS |
Distinct Population Segment |
| ELLW |
extreme lower low water |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
| ESU |
Evolutionary Significant Unit |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| LWD |
large woody debris |
| MESA |
Marine Ecosystem Analysis |
| MHHW |
mean higher high water |
| MLLW |
mean lower low water |
| MLW |
mean low water |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPS |
non-point source |
| OSSWG |
On-Site Sewage/Water Quality Program |
| PAH |
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon |
| PAR |
photosynthetically active radiation |
| PCB |
polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PMEL |
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA |
| ppt |
parts per thousand |
| PSAMP |
Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program |
| PSDDA |
Puget Sound Dredged Disposal Analysis Program |
| PSP |
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning |
| USACE |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USFWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| WDFW |
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife |
| WDOE |
Washington State Department of Ecology |
| WDNR |
Washington State Department of Natural Resources |
| WSDOT |
Washington State Department of Transportation |
| WSF |
Washington State Ferries |
