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	NA87OZ0253-01
	Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Zone Management Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NA97OZO164

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 Allied - Signal 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 1999 photography. The USFWS, with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, organized citizens, students, educators, and staff including the Chester River Association, the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission Patuxent River staff, Millersville University, and the students from Chespax 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; Mike Naylor of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD-DNR); Kent Mountford of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Army Environmental Center/U.S. Army Research Laboratory (USAEC/ARL) (Aberdeen Proving Ground); Dan Stotts of the Biological Resources Division (BRD) of the U.S. Department of the Interior; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District (ACOE); Terry Willis of Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge; Bob Stankelis of Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) of University of Maryland; Bill Grauer of Anne Arundel Community College; 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 Justin Reel of the USGS Water Resources Division, and Adam Rottman of D.C. Fisheries and Wildlife Division provided ground survey data for the Potomac River. Ken Moore, David Combs, Matthew Harwell, Scott Marion, Gail French, Suzanne Graham, Sara Everett, and Eric Slominski of VIMS Department of Biological Sciences SAV 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 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'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, Jerry Harrison, and Connie Motley of the Sponsored Programs office provided grant administration; Gary Anderson, Steve Clukey, Kathi Goodwin, Pat Hall, Rob Hayhurst, Kevin Kiley, Buddy Matthews, Tanya Utt, and Newt Munson of Information Technology and Network Services provided computer services; Regina Burrell, Alice Northam, and Gail Reardon of the Department of Biological Sciences provided secretarial and purchasing services; Harold Burrell, for the use of his rendering of Zostera marina that is used on the title page of this website; and finally Nancy Wilson, who provided extensive help in the development of this website for the SAV annual report. 

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.

This report should be cited as the following:  Orth, R.J., D.J. Wilcox, L.S. Nagey, J.R. Whiting, and J.R. Fishman. 2000. 1999 Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Bays.  VIMS Special Scientific Report Number 141. Final report to U.S. EPA, Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, MD. Grant No.CB993777-02-0,  http://www.vims.edu/bio/sav/sav99

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