Acrnoyms

Acronyms

What do those initials mean on trail signs and in guide books? Many of these mountain mysteries are deciphered below.

ACC	Amherst Conservation Commission
AMC	Appalachian Mountain Club
ASNH	Audubon Society of New Hampshire
AT	Appalachian Trail
ATC	Appalachian Trail Conservancy
AVIS	Andover Village Improvement Society
AVSAR	Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue
BRATTS	Belknap Range (area) Trail Tenders
CMC	Chocorua Mountain Club
CTA	Chatham Trails Association
DCR	Department of Conservation and Recreation
DOC	Dartmouth Outing Club
ECGA	Essex County Greenbelt Association
FOMBA	Friends Of Massabesic Bicycling Association
FPA	Forest Protection Area
FR	Forest Road
FTFC	Four Thousand Footer Club
GFWCM	General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts
GMC	Green Mountain Club
GMCG	Green Mountain Conservation Group
GPS	Global Positioning System
HALT	Hopkington Area Land Trust
JCC	Jackson Conservation Commission
LCC	Littleton Conservation Commission
LNT	Leave No Trace
LRCT	Lakes Region Conservation Trust
MSGTC	Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Trail Club
MRS	Mountain Rescue Service
MWO	Mount Washington Observatory
NEK	North East Kingdom (VT)
NHDP	New Hampshire Division of Parks and recreation
NHFG	New Hampshire Fish and Game
NHOC	New Hampshire Outing Club
RMC	Randolph Mountain Club
SLA	Squam Lakes Association
SPNHF	Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
SRCA	Sandwich Range Conservation Association
SRKG	Sunapee Ragged Kearsarge Greenway
SSOC	Sub Sig Outing Club
STC	Shelburne Trails Club
SVT	Sudbury Valley Trustees
TNC	The Nature Conservancy
TW	Trailwrights
USFS	United States department of agriculture Forest Service
USGS	United States Geological Survey
UVLT	Upper Valley Land Trust
UVWRT	Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team
WMNF	White Mountain National Forest
WODC	Wonalancet Out Door Club
WVAIA	Waterville Valley Athletic Improvement Association