Commonly Used Acronyms by the RCA
| ARL | Additional Reserve Lands |
| BUOW | Burrowing Owl |
| CALFIRE | California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection |
| CALTRANS | California Department of Transportation |
| CD | Consistency Determination |
| CDFG | California Department of Fish and Game |
| CDFW | California Department of Fish and Wildlife (formerly CDFG) |
| CEQA | California Environmental Quality Act |
| CETAP | Community and Environmental Transportation Acceptability Process |
| CHD | Critical Habitat Designation |
| CIP | Capital Improvement Program |
| CNLM | Center for Natural Lands Management |
| EMWD | Eastern Municipal Water District |
| EPD | Environmental Programs Department (Riverside County) |
| ERP | Expedited Review Process |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| HANS | Habitat Evaluation and Acquisition Negotiation Strategy |
| HMU | Habitat Management Unit |
| IC | Interchange |
| JPR | Joint Project Review |
| LDMF | Local Development Mitigation Fee |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSHCP | Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan |
| OHV | Off-Highway Vehicle |
| PCL | Proposed Constrained Linkage |
| PQP | Public/Quasi-Public |
| PSE | Participating Special Entities |
| RCA | Regional Conservation Authority |
| RCD | Resource Conservation Districts |
| RCRCD | Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District |
| RCOE | Riverside County Office of Education |
| RCTC | Riverside County Transportation Commission |
| RCTD | Riverside County Transportation Department |
| RMOC | Reserve Management Oversight Committee |
| ROVE | Recreation Off-Highway Vehicle Enforcement |
| SAWA | Santa Ana Watershed Association |
| SB | San Bernardino |
| SR | State Route |
| SWG | State Wildlife Grant |
| TAC | Technical Advisory Committee |
| TIFIA | Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act |
| TUMF | Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee |
| USFWS | United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
| UTM Nad 83 Zone 11 | Meter Coordinate System for Maps |
| WIFIA | Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act |
| WA | Wildlife Agencies (USFWS & CDFG) |
| WCB | Wildlife Conservation Board |
| WPT | Western Pond Turtle |
| WRDA | Water Resources Development Act |
| HANS | Habitat Evaluation and Negotiation Strategy |
| ERP | Expedited Review Process |
| CWA | Federal Clean Water Act |
| ESA | Endangered Species Act |