ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 

	Agency	Grant or Contract Number
	Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
	Chesapeake Bay Program, Environmental Protection Agency	CB993777-02-0
	Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Coastal Resources Management Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NA07OZ0136
	Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Zone Management Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NA07OZ0118

We gratefully acknowledge the federal and state agencies who financially supported this project: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA); the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA-DEQ) and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD-DNR) Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, administered by the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and the School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), College of William and Mary. Also, we thank the Norfolk - Southern Foundation for providing a private grant to VIMS in partial support of this work.

Acknowledgments would not be complete without commendation for the groups that provided ground surveys of SAV beds, which was used in conjunction with interpretation of the 2000 photography. The USFWS, with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, organized citizens and students to report locations and species composition of grass beds around the Bay for the SAV Hunt program. Kathryn Reshetiloff of the USFWS was responsible for compiling and tabulating the SAV Hunt ground survey data. Stan Kollar of Harford Community College (HCC) in Maryland; Peter Bergstrom of the USFWS; U.S. Army Environmental Center/U.S. Army Research Laboratory (USAEC/ARL) (Aberdeen Proving Ground); Pierre Henkart of Severn River Commission; and Chris Tanner of St. Mary's College of Maryland provided ground survey data for specific regions of the Maryland portion of the Bay. Virginia Carter, Nancy Rybicki, Henry Ruhl, and Alfonso Lombana of the USGS Water Resources Division, and Daniel Ryan of D.C. Fisheries and Wildlife Division provided ground survey data for the Potomac River. Jill Bieri of Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) provided ground survey data for the Mattaponi River. Ken Moore, David Combs, Scott Marion, Gail French, Sara Everett, and Amy Tillman of VIMS Department of Biological Sciences SAV Monitoring and Research Program, as well as the faculty, staff, and students of the VIMS Department of Fisheries Crustacean Ecology program, including Jacques van Montfrans and Mike Seebo, provided ground survey data for the lower Bay; and the Ocean Pines Yacht Club (SAV Hunt), and Harry Womack of Salisbury State University provided ground survey data for the Delmarva Peninsula coastal bays.

The production of this report required the dedication of numerous scientists, technicians, artists, photographers, and others. The following people deserve a note of thanks: Kent Mountford and Mike Fritz of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Kathryn Reshetiloff and Peter Bergstrom of the USFWS. We are especially grateful to the dedicated VIMS personnel who contributed greatly to the production of this report: for Sara Everett and Amy Tillman's tremendous assistance and perseverance in digitizing SAV maps, editing the digital data files, and for constant, careful efforts to maintain high quality control; Jane Lopez, Kathryn Small-Davis, Connie Motley, Margaret Fonner of the Sponsored Programs office provided grant administration; Information Technology and Network Services provided computer services; and Regina Burrell and Maxine Butler of the Department of Biological Sciences provided secretarial and purchasing services.

We would also like to acknowledge Ridgway's, whose reproduction services of the mylar maps are greatly appreciated. Air Photographics, Inc., conducted the aerial photographic missions and was responsible for the high quality aerial photographs.

The report should be cited as the following: Orth, R. J., D. J. Wilcox, L. S. Nagey, J. R. Whiting, and J. R. Fishman. 2001. 2000 Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Bays. VIMS Special Scientific Report Number 142. Final report to U.S. EPA, Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, MD. Grant No. CB993777-02-0, http://www.vims.edu/bio/sav/sav00.

For a CD version of this report, please contact U.S. EPA, Chesapeake Bay Program at http://www.chesapeakebay.net.